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pale fuscous yellowish, reddish apically. Coxae, femora and tibiae 

 a pale fuscous yellowish, the tarsi slightly darker; claws rather long, 

 swollen subapically , simple ; the pul villi about two-thirds the length 

 of the claws. Genitalia; basal clasp segment short, stout; terminal 

 clasp segment short, swollen and with a conspicuous, probably 

 bidentate spine; dorsal plate long, broad, deeply and narrowly incised, 

 the lobes broad, roundly truncate ; ventral plate long, broad, broadly 

 and triangularly emarginate, the lobes rather short and broadly 

 rounded. Harpes stout, each with two heavy, recurved spines 

 apically; style short, stout. Type Cecid. a,2og , j. 



Colpodia trifolii Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 110:145 (separate, p. 49) (Porricondyla) 



1908 N". Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 445 



Described from a male taken on white clover, Trifolium 

 r e p e n s , at Albany, N. Y., July 3, 1906. 



Male. Length .75 mm. Antennae almost three times as long as 

 the body, sparsely haired, dark brown; 16 segments, the fifth with a 

 stem twice the length of the subcylindric basal enlargement, the 

 latter with a length over twice its diameter. Palpi; the first segment 

 long, slightly dilated apically, the second short, rather broadly oval, 

 the third about as long, more slender, the fourth a little longer than 

 the third. Mesonotum dark brown, submedian lines indistinct. 

 Scutellum pale orange, postscutellum and abdomen dark brown. 

 Genitalia slightly fuscous, sparsely clothed with yellowish hairs. 

 Wings hyaline (Plate 4, figure 1), costa dark brown. Halteres pale 

 yellowish. Legs nearly uniform dark brown; claws simple, uniformly 

 curved, with a swelling subapically. Genitalia; basal clasp segment 

 stout, internally with a narrowly rounded lobe at the distal third; 

 terminal clasp segment greatly swollen basally, tapering to a narrow, 

 recurved apex. Dorsal plate broad, deeply incised, the lobes well 

 separated, broadly rounded, minor lobes rather broad, broadly and 

 triangularly emarginate. Harpes stout, irregular, with a falciform, 

 recurved spine and a broadly rounded, finger like process distally; 

 style long, slender, strongly curved at the distal fourth. Type 

 Cecid. 455. 



Colpodia americana Felt 

 1 914 Felt, E. P. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour. 22:124 



The male described in detail in the citation above was taken by 

 Mr C. P. Alexander August i.|, [909 on the oast shore of Wood- 

 worth's lake in the Adirondacks, altitude [550 feet, 



