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genitalia lighter, the segments rather thickly margined pos- 
_teriorly with brown setae. Halteres pale yellowish. Legs light 
Straw. 
Bred April 6, 1893, from leaves designated as English laurel, 
probably Quercus, taken at Augusta, Ga. 
Type ©. 1006, N. Y. State Museum, ¥ 5493 U. S. Depart- 
ment of Agriculture. ) 
Arthrocnodax apiphila n. sp. 
Male. Length 1 mm. Antennae % longer than the body, 
thickly haired, fuscous straw, basal segment and face yellowish, 
14 segments. Mesonotum yellowish or reddish brown, the sub- 
median lines indistinct. Scutellum yellowish or orange yellow, 
postscutellum yellow or orange yellowish. Abdomen yellowish or 
deep carmine. Genitalia fuscous yellowish. Halteres pale orange. 
Coxae and femora basally pale yellowish, the femora distally and 
tibiae light straw, tarsi light brown, the distal segments darker. 
Bred October 8, 1907, by Burton N. Gates, expert in apiculture, 
Washington, D. C., from small larvae which appeared to be feed- 
ing in mite infested material and excrement of old bee combs 
received from California. 
live C- al775 Nae sstate Miaiseuna: 
Mycodiplosis corylifolia n. sp. 
Male. Length 1 mm. Antennae about as long as the body, 
rather thickly haired, light brown, the basal segments yellowish, 
14 segments. Thorax and abdomen a nearly uniform pale yel- 
lowish, the scutellum and base of the abdomen a little darker; 
genitalia whitish transparent. Coxae and base of femora mostly 
yellowish transparent, the distal portion of femora and tibiae 
pale yellowish, the tarsi fuscous straw, the distal segments 
darker. 
Female. Length 1.75 mm. Antennae as long as the body, 
sparsely haired, pale straw, 14 segments. ‘Thorax and abdomen 
a very pale lemon-yellow. MHalteres yellowish transparent. Legs 
yellowish transparent basally, the tarsi a very pale yellowish straw. 
Bred July 23, 1907, from a fuzzy wrinkled fold gall at the 
base of hazel leaves taken at West Nyack, N. Y. 
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