Genus Culicada. 



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Halteres with fuscous apex and pale stem. 



Length. — 6 to 7 mm. 



$ . " Palpi dark brown, the third segment capitate, and 

 with a broad basal and a median white band, a lateral whitish 

 patch of scales apically, with a rather sparse ventral tuft and 

 with two short, stout, sub-apical setae ; this segment one-third 

 longer than the combined nearly equal fourth and fifth segments, 

 the fourth with a broad, well-defined,, white basal band ; the fifth 

 with a rudimentary basal band of the same colour, more slender 

 than the fourth and extending its own length beyond the pro- 



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Fig. 114. 



Comb scale of 



C. fitchii. 



(Felt.) 



Culicada fitchii. 

 Air tube. (Felt.) 



Fig. 113. 



C. fitchii. 

 Pecten tooth. 



boscis." . . . " Abdomen dark brown, with distinct rather broad 

 basal yellowish white bands slightly produced laterally, those on 

 the fifth and sixth segments covering the anterior half, and that 

 on the seventh most of the segment, the eighth sparsely clothed 

 with silvery white scales. ■ . . Claws of anterior and middle 

 legs unequal (the shorter simple), the larger claw of middle leg 

 being nearly straight'' (Felt). 



Habitat.— Sew York State (Professor E. P. Felt). 



Time of appearance. — Middle to latter part of May. 



Observations.— I have redescribed this species (?) from a 

 specimen lent me by the Smithsonian Institute, and have added 

 notes on the $ from Professor Felt's original description. 



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