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[Februafy 
post antennal ones and a lateral one next to the eye, median 
pair of the row above further apart than the post-antennals, 
this row curved upwards at the sides with the lateral bristle 
rather close to the eye margin and nearer to one of the median 
bristles than these are to one another. Ocellar row of four. All 
bristles strong, subequal. Median frontal suture distinct; 
lower half of front with scattered minute black bristles. Post- 
ocular cilia moderate, but the upper one on each side much 
enlarged. Antennae pyriform, obtusely pointed, as long as the 
front; arista no longer than the third joint, very stout, especially 
at base, nearly bare. Palpi rather broad, weakly bristled; 
cheeks each with two downwardly directed macrochsetae. Meso- 
notum sub-shining, with one pair of dorsocentral marcrochaetae; 
scutellum with one pair of bristles, the lateral pair very minute, 
scarcely visible. Propleura with two slender bristles above the 
insertion of the coxa and two minute ones near the humeral 
angle; mesopleura bare. Front coxa with a noticeable stripe of 
minute bristles along the anterior edge; middle tibiae not dis- 
tinctly setulose; hind tibiae with a line of very delicate, closely 
placed setulae inside the posterior edge; all tarsi slender. Ab- 
domen broad; second segment elongated, twice as broad as 
long, bare laterally; third to fifth segments gradually shorter, 
longer at the sides than along the median line; sixth longer and 
narrower, almost semicircular, with a few small marginal bristles 
medially at apex. Ovipositor of peculiar form; in dorsal view 
projecting beyond the sixth segment for a distance half the 
length of the abdomen; consisting of two chitinous pieces united 
at their apices, the upper one straight, issuing from the underside 
of the fifth and sixth segments and bearing below near the base 
a number of strong bristles; lower piece curved upward to meet 
the upper one and connected to it at the base by a large chitinous 
tooth originating at the extreme base of the upper piece. Viewed 
from the side (Fig. 1, A) the upper piece is seen to be nearly 
circular in section and the lower one greatly flattened; in ventral 
view (Fig. 1, B) the lower piece is spatulate, with truncate tip. 
Wing (Fig. 1, C) unusually narrow, costa not quite attaining the 
middle of the wing; first section of costa twice the length of the 
second; third very short, the minute second vein nearly per- 
