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and are, therefore, assumed to be new, and the larva, puparium and 

 imago described as follows: 



Phora agarici n. sp. Plate II. Larva.— Figure 5. Body nearly cylindrical, 

 composed of 11 segments; length, 3 mm. Whitish, with two minute brown points 

 on the ventral surface of the head. Under a high power the minute, 5-toothed, 

 light-brown mandibles may be demonstrated and also the 3-jointed tubercle- 

 like antennae on the lateral angles of the head. Dorsum convex; each seg- 

 ment divided into two nearly equal subsegments; hind margin of last segment 

 flattened and produced into ten processes; a median pair; the others equidis- 

 tant and opposite; posterior six larger. Ventral surface flattened, margined 

 laterally, and segments 2-9 on fore and hind border, segment 10 on fore border 

 only, by transverse ridges. 



Puparium.— Figure 6. Light brown; suboval; ends obtusely pointed; length 

 2.5 mm. Dorsal surface slightly convex ; the last six nearly equal seg- 

 ments, and lateral margin, distinct; on the anterior segment, which is about 

 twice the size of the others, there are two slight subdorsal tubercles. Ventral 

 surface very convex; segments and margin not well marked. 



Imago. — Figure 1. Body jet black; antennae fuscous; apical portion of 

 halteres yellowish- white; apical portion of coxae, front and middle legs yellow- 

 ish-brown; tarsi brownish; hind legs darker; palpi yellowish. Wings hyaline 

 and with slight iridescence. 



Ocellar triangle defined by a suture which extends down the front. Three 

 transverse rows of bristles occur on the front; six in the posterior row, consist- 

 ing of a median pair and four lateral ; middle composed of four nearly equidis- 

 tant bristles; six equidistant in the anterior row; in front of the median pair of 

 the anterior row there is a small pair; the two pairs point downward, though 

 in some examples the larger pair point upward. Compound eyes bordered 

 behind and below by a single row of bristles; small setae occur at the angles of 

 the facets (figure 2). Antennae five-segmented; first short, irregular; second 

 very large, subspherical; third and fourth small, elongated; fifth, basal portion 

 slightly enlarged and equal to fourth; distal portion setaceous, much elongated, 

 plumose (figure 2a). Labium yellowish-brown, usually retracted (figure 3). 

 Terminal segment of palpi long, slightly capitate and bearing several apical 

 bristles; basal segment short, obscurely divided into several subsegments. 



Dorsum of thorax thickly pubescent; several long bristles occur near base of 

 wings. Wings hyaline; costal vein less than half the length of the wing; first 

 heavy vein joining costa beyond middle between the humeral cross vein and 

 the apex of the first branch of the second heavy vein; second heavy vein 

 forked near apex; costal margin fringed with stout setae to tip of second heavy 

 vein; first light vein curved at basal fourth and slightly at apical fourth Llal- 

 teres spatulate, basal portion segmented (figure 7). Several apical bristles on 

 front and outer portion of coxae; fore tibia unarmed; middle tibia with very 

 long apical, posterior spine; hind tibia with one long anterior and several short 

 apical, internal spines; anterior edge of middle and posterior edge of hind tibia 

 fringed with a thick row of stout setae; internally and close to the hind margin 

 of the posterior tibia there is a row of about nine stouter spines on the apica . 

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