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Genitalia yellowish. Wings hyaline, costa light brown: halteres 
yellowish transparent basally, whitish apically. Legs a nearly 
uniform dark straw color; claws rather long, stout, curved at nearly 
right angles, pulvilli short, about one-third the length of the claws. 
Genitalia; basal clasp segment long, stout, a lobe at the internal 
basal angle; terminal clasp segment long, stout; dorsal plate long, 
broad, narrowly and triangularly emarginate, the lobes roundly 
truncate; ventral plate long, stout, tapering, broadly and triangularly 
emarginate, the lobes short, stout, subacute; style long, slender. 
Type Cecid. 204. 
Mycodiplosis variabilis Felt 
1908 Felt, E.P. N.Y. State Mus. Bul. 124, p. 402 
This fuscous yellowish male was taken July 24, 1906 at Nassau, 
iy. Y. 
Male. Length 1.2 mm. Antennae one-half longer than the body, 
thickly haired, fuscous yellowish; 14 segments, the fifth with stems 
two and one-half and three times their diameters respectively; 
termina! segment, the distal enlargement subcylindric, with a length 
about three times its diameter, apically a stout, fingerlike process. 
Palpi; the first segment short, stout, the second narrowly oval, with 
a length three times its diameter, the third as long as the second, 
more slender, the fourth a little longer and more slender than the 
third. Mesonotum light brown, the submedian lines pale yellowish. 
scutellum light brown, slightly darker apically, postscutellum fus- 
cous yellowish. Abdomen sparsely clothed with coarse setae, a 
variable fuscous yellowish; genitalia lighter. Wings hyaline, costa 
light brown; halteres yellowish transparent. Legs a nearly uniform 
light brown, the articulations variably tinged with carmine; claws 
long, slender, strongly curved, the pulvilli about one-third the 
length of the claws. Genitalia; basal clasp segment long, slender; 
terminal clasp segment long, slender; dorsal plate short, broad, 
deeply and narrowly incised, the lobes rather broad, obliquely 
truncate; ventral plate broad, tapering, broadly and rather deeply 
emarginate, the lobes short, narrowly rounded; style long, slender. 
type Cecid. 652. 
Mycodiplosis modesta Felt 
1908 Felt, E.P. N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 124, p. 402 
The fuscous brown male was taken June 14, 1906 at Nassau, N. Y. 
Male. Length .75 mm. Antennae twice as long as the body, 
rather thickly haired, dark brown; 14 segments, the fifth with stems 
one and one-half and two times their diameters, respectively. Palpi; 
the first segment subquadrate, irregular, the second fully twice the 
length of the first, rather stout, the third about as long as the sec- 
ond, more slender, the fourth one-third longer than the third; face 
dull yellowish. Mesonotum reddish brown with a small, median, 
oval, reddish yellow area posteriorly. Scutellum reddish yellow, 
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