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covered with short black decumbent setae. Black shading on ptero- 
pleuron becoming diffuse on mesopleuron. Legs: normal complement 
of bristles; entirely yellow. Wing (Fig. 8): glassy in appearance; 
crossbands narrow; basal band not joined to medial band in cell R x , 
and latter not joined to subapical band along posterior margin of 
wing in cell Cui. Microtrichia present in all cells between subapical 
crossband and apex of wing; absent from regions between basal and 
subapical crossbands except along posterior margins of wing and in 
cell R.! between short intercalary band and subapical band. Basal 
two-thirds of R4 + 5 setulose. Abdomen (Fig. 24): base color 
brownish-yellow, colored with short black decumbent setae. Tergite 
V with pair of distinct triangular-shaped black spots on baso-lateral 
surface. Genitalia: indistinguishable from that of electa. 
host. Unknown. 
distribution (Map i). Known only from the two localities 
listed above. 
Acknowledgments 
I would like to thank Mr. J. P. Reed of the New Jersey Agri- 
cultural Experiment Station, Rutgers University, and Mr. E. W. 
Johnson, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Brownsville, Texas for 
their assistance in locating suitable material for cytological studies. 
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