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prominent, yellowish ; postscutcllum yellowish, abdomen reddish ; 

 terminal lobes slender, finger-shaped. Wings subli valine, anterior 

 veins dark brown; subcosta joining costa before the middle and 

 the second longitudinal vein uniting with the border before the 



Fig. 27 Rhabdophaga batatus female wing, much enlarged (Original) 



apex; anal vein uniting with the posterior margin at the apical third, 

 its branch at the basal third. Halteres with a slender, semitrans- 

 parent, long pedicel, apex expanded, fusiform, yellowish. Legs pale 

 yellowish, first tarsal segment of posterior leg short, second very 

 much prolonged, third one half as long as the second, fourth two 

 thirds as long as the third and the fifth about half as long as the 



Fig. 28 Rhabdophaga batatus. two antennal segments of male, much enlarged 



(Original) 



fourth ; claws simple, empodium well developed. Length nearly 

 inch, wing spread ]/\ inch. 



Male. The dark red antennae extend to the middle of the body 

 and are composed of 19 segments, the first and second each stout, 



