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Female — Length 3 mm. Antemice extending to the third 

 abdominal segment, the fifth with a length five times its diameter, 

 the twelfth with a length two and one-half times its diameter, 

 the thirteenth with a length about equal to the diameter, the 

 fourteenth reduced, globose. Palpi; the first segment quadrate, 

 with a length about twice its diameter, the second more slender, 

 irregular and with a length about twice the first. Mesonotum 

 dark slaty brown, the submedian lines rather thickly haired. 

 Scutellum reddish brown, sparsely setose apically, postscutellum 

 dark brown. Abdomen reddish brown, sparsely clothed with 

 silvery setae. Wings hyaline; halteres mostly yellowish brown, 

 slightly darker subapically. Coxae and legs mostly brownish 

 straw, the distal tarsal segments somewhat darker; claws moder- 

 ately stout, strongly curved, the pulvilli a little longer than the 

 claws. Ovipositor when extended probably longer than the body, 

 the basal segment moderately slender and with a well developed 

 dorsal pouch, the acicula slender, acute. Type Cecid. a 2677. 



Feltiella atnericana, n. sp. 



The midges described below were received from Prof. P. J. 

 Parrott, of the Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, N. Y., 

 under date of July 31, 1915, accompanied by the statement that 

 they were reared from larvae apparently feeding on a red mite 

 occurring upon plum foliage. This species is quite different from 

 an earlier described American form. 



Male — Length 1.5 mm. Antennae a little longer than the 

 body, thickly haired, mostly whitish transparent; circumfili and 

 numerous long setae a light fuscous; 14 segments, the fifth having 

 the stems with a length two and one-half and three and one-half 

 times their diameters, respectively; terminal segment, basal por- 

 tion of the stem with a length four times its diameter, the distal 

 enlargement subcylindric, with a length two and one-half times its 

 diameter, broadly rounded apically. Palpi; the first segment 

 irregular, subquadrate, the second with a length about three times 

 its width, the third a little longer, more slender, the fourth one- 

 fourth longer than the third, more slender. Mesonotum fuscous 

 yellowish Scutellum and postscutellum pale yellowish Abdomen 

 mostly pale yellowish, slightly fuscous basally. Wings hyahne, 

 the third vein uniting with costa at the apex of the wing, halteres 



