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about four bristles along each lateral margin. Scutellum very 
short and broad, fully four times as wide as long, with ten 
bristles along the posterior margin, placed as a series of four 
toward each side, with a widely separated pair at the middle. 
Abdomen very broad at the base, triangularly narrowed apically, 
and but little longer than wide at base; not hairy or bristly; 
second segment about four times as long as broad, twice as long 
as the third; third to fifth of about equal length; fifth with the 
apical margin concave; sixth subtriangular, as long as wide at 
base and as long as the second. The upper surface of the ab- 
domen is nearly flat, except at apex, as the sixth segment bends 
down strongly. Ovipositor heavily chitinized, directed down- 
wards and backwards, one-half a-s long &s the abdomen. Legs 
very stout and short; the hind femora much flattened, more 
than one-third as broad as long; tibiae with setulae, but without 
any spines. Wings fully developed, very thin and transparent; 
costal vein reaching to the middle, with very short, closely placed 
bristles; first vein straight, meeting the costa near the tip; third 
vein not forked, but slightly thicker apically; last section of 
costa one-fourth as long a,s the preceding. Fourth to seventh 
veins very pale and delicate, scarcely discernible, the fourth 
curved at base, straight apically; fifth and sixth slightly sinuous, 
seventh curved. 
Type species M. salti sp. nov. 
This genus is related to Euryphora and Microplatyphora 
but differs from both in the chitinized ovipositor and the presence 
of fully developed wings in the female. It resembles the former 
more closely in the form of the greatly thickened legs, but the 
hind tibiae are without large bristles. 
& A/ 
Milittophota salti sp. nov. 
$ Length 1 . 4-1 . 6. Black, including the halteres. Legs 
very dark brown or piceous. Wings hyaline, very highly trans- 
parent, the heavy veins black. Front and mesonotum sub- 
shining, clothed with very fine, microscopic, appressed hairs. 
Abdomen similar, but less noticeably shining, except at apex. 
Setulae of hind tibiae delicate, about nine in number, about half as 
