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with a length about twice its diameter, the second narrowly oval 
with a length about three times its diameter, the third as long ag 
the second, more slender, the fourth longer than the third, somewhat 
more dilated; face fuscous. Mesonotum dark brown, the submediar 
lines yellowish, rather thickly haired. Scutellum and postscutellum 
pale yellowish. Abdomen pale yellowish, tinged with orange basally 
and apically, and with a conspicuous dark red, oval spot dorsally on 
the second and third abdominalsegments. Wings hyaline, costa light 
brown; halteres light fuscous yellowish. Legs a nearly uniform fus- 
cous straw; claws long, rather slender, evenly curved, the pulvilli 
about one-third the length of the claws. Genitalia; basal clasp 
segment long, slender, a triangular lobe at the internal basal third: 
terminal clasp segment long; dorsal plate long, broad, deeply and 
roundly incised, the lobes narrowly rounded; ventral plate long, 
slender, very deeply and roundly incised, the emargination with 
a length about four times its diameter, the lobes parallel, slender, 
subacute; style long, slender. Type Cecid. ar 542. 

Fig.80 Mycodiplosis holotricha, 
fifth antennal segment of male (enlarged, 
original) 
Mycodiplosis holotricha Felt 
1908 Felt, E.P. N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 124, p. 4o1 
The pale yellowish male was reared at Albany in May 1908 from 
jars containing hickory galls and was supposed to have originated 
from that produced by Caryomyva HolotsieivamOns: 
The species is peculiar on account of the very short loops of the 
circumfili on the basal enlargement, see figure 80. 
