REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST T914 



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Male. Length 2 mm. Antennae probably as long as the body, 

 sparsely haired, brown, the stems yellowish transparent; presum- 

 ably 17 segments, the fifth with a stem as long as the basal enlarge- 



Fig. 



79 Rhopalomyia pilcsa; fifth antennal segment of male and 

 palpus, enlarged (original) 



ment, which latter has a length nearly twice its diameter. Palpi; 

 one long, somewhat fusiform segment, tapering, acute. Mesonotum 

 fuscous yellowish, the submedian lines lighter, sparsely haired. 

 Scutellum fuscous yellowish, postscutellum a little lighter. Ab- 

 domen fuscous yellowish, somewhat darker at the extremities. Wings 

 hyaline, costa light brown; halteres yellowish transparent. Legs 

 variably fuscous yellowish; claws long, slender, strongly curved, the 

 pulvilli as long as the claws. Genitalia; basal clasp segment long, 

 stout; terminal clasp segment short, stout, greatly swollen near the 

 middle ; dorsal plate long, broad, deeply and triangularly emarginate ; 

 ventral plate short, broad, broadly and rather roundly emarginate. 

 Harpes long, stout, tapering, irregularly rounded, tuberculate. 



Fig. 80 R h i) a 1 myia 

 p i 1 o s a; fifth antennal 

 segment of female, en- 

 larged (original) 



Fig. 81 Rhopalomyia pilosa; lateral 

 view of the tip of the ovipositor, enlarged 



(original) 



