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segment, basal portion of the stem with a length one-half greater 
than its diameter, the distal enlargement subcylindric, with a length 
about three times its diameter and apically a long, fusiform append- 
age. Palpi; the first segment short, stout, irregular, the second 
narrowly oval, with a length about twice its diameter, the third 
one-half longer, more slender, the fourth about as long as the third; 
face straw color. Mesonotum a dirty brown; the submedian lines 
hardly apparent. Scutellum and postscutellum concolorous with the 
mesonotum. Abdomen grayish brown. Wings hyaline, costa dark 
brown; halteres dark basally, lighter apically. Coxae fuscous, the 
base of femora fuscous, the distal portion of femora, the anterior 
and mid tibiae and base of the hind tibiae are brown, the tip of the 
latter fuscous, the anterior and mid tarsi black, first segment of 
hind tarsi yellowish orange tipped with black, the base of the second 
segment yellowish orange, the remainder of the third segment and 
the fourth and fifth fuscous; claws long, stout, strongly curved, the 
pulvilli about as long as the claws. Genitalia; dorsal plate short; 
broad, deeply and roundly emarginate, the lobes irregularly rounded. 
Type Cecid. a16s5ob. 
Contarinia viatica Felt 
1908 Felt, E.P. N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 124, p. 393 
This species was taken at Albany, N. Y., onclover, Trifolium 
Hemienss,, lie o, 1900; 
Male. Length 1 mm. Antennae as long as the body, sparsely 
haired, light brown; 14 segments, the fifth with stems one and 
one-fourth and two times their diameters respectively; terminal 
segment, basal enlargement subglobular, a very short stem separating 
it from the distal enlargement, which latter is ovoid. Palpi; the 
first segment much reduced, the second subquadrate, the third a little 
more prolonged, ovate, the fourth one-fourth longer than the second, 
fusiform; face dark. Mesonotum dark brown with fine lines of pale 
hairs. Scutellum and postscutellum dark brown. Abdomen reddish 
brown, genitalia darker. Wings hyaline, costa dark brown; halteres 
yellowish transparent at the base, reddish fuscous apically. Coxae 
dark brown, femora and tibiae yellowish brown, tarsi a little darker 
and with a reddish shade; claws rather slender, evenly curved, those 
of the middle leg with a rather conspicuous rounded process basally. 
Genitalia; dorsal plate broad, broadly and triangularly emarginate, 
the lobes broadly rounded. Type Cecid. 1osa. (See plate 6, fig. 2) 
Contarinia sorghicola Coq. 
1898 Coquillett, D. W. U. S. Dept. Agric., Div. Ent. Bul. Heh, idly SP 
p. 81-82 (Diplosis) 
1908 Ball, C.R. Science, 27:114-15 (Diplosis) 
1905 _ Bur! Plant: Industs Cir, 13 
1908 Piper (? C. V.). Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc., 10: 109 (Diplosis) 
