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Megatrioza armata ochreata var. nov. 
Body a little smaller than the species and slenderer; thorax 
brown, alternating 1 with a brown or yellow-brown duller than 
in the species; forewings ochraceous throughout, not clear 
though nearly transparent; clavus brown. Head similar to the 
species, except genal cones not longer than vertex; antennae 
scarcely more than twice as long as width of head. Thorax 
similar but slenderer ; legs shorter. Forewings narrower, vena- 
tion similar; hind wings relatively as long as in the species. 
Male genitalia similar to the species except forceps slenderer 
than in the species and a little longer than anal valve. Female 
genital segment not as long as abdomen. 
Singapore {Baker), 1 pair. 
Megatrioza vitiensis (Kirkaldy). 
Trioza vitiensis Kirkaldy, Proc. Hawaiian Ent. Soc. 1 (1907) 103. 
Trioza eugenise Crawford, Philip. Journ. Sci. § D 10 (1915) 265, 
pi. 1, fig. E, nec Froggatt. 
Length of body, 2.6 millimeters; forewing, 5 to 6. General 
color brown, dorsulum with a pale or yellow central streak 
and often two lateral ones; mesoscutum with several yellowish 
or pale longitudinal bands; femora dark brown, tibiae lighter; 
antennae pale yellow, black at tip ; forewings clear with a small 
brown spot at anal angle of both front and hind wings. Color 
of newly emerged adults usually yellowish or pale brownish 
yellow, without the markings described above. 
Head declivous, not as broad as thorax; vertex about half 
as long as broad between eyes, sparsely pubescent, deeply 
impressed on each side of median line, with a transverse sulcus 
connecting the two fovese, somewhat convex in anterior half; 
genal cones about half as long as vertex, broad, rounded, not 
much divergent, pubescent. Antennse about one and one-half 
times as long as width of head. Eyes large. 
Thorax strongly arched, rather broad, clothed sparsely with 
long hairs. Legs long and stout; hind tibiae stout, with basal 
spur not very large and apical spines moderately small. Fore- 
wings long, about three times as long as broad, acutely pointed, 
marginal cells very long. Hind wings about half as long as 
forewings or a little more. 
Abdomen short and broad. Male forceps about as long as 
anal valve or a little shorter, slender, basal two-thirds about 
three times as long as thick, rounded apically, and distal third 
abruptly narrowed with a fingerlike process directed inward 
and acutely pointed; anal valve about as broad as long, lateral 
