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India. Both sexes are figured on page 363 of his work on South 

 Indian Insects and the species is considered 1)\- him as of minor 

 importance. He states -that the insect is locally known as the 

 cotton flower bud maggot and the larva? are recorded as inhabiting 

 cotton buds, causing them to burst and drop. Pupation occurs in 

 the withering buds. 



Female — Length .75 mm. Antcnn;e extending nearly to the 

 base of the abdomen, sparsely haired, pale yellowish, yellowish 

 basally; 12 sessile segments, the fifth with a length about two and 

 one-half limes its diameter; terminal segment somewhat produced, 

 with a length three times its diameter and tapering to a broadly 

 rounded apex. Palpi: first segment subquadrate, the second 

 twice the length of the first, more slender, the third three times 

 the length of the second, somewhat dilated, the fourth about 

 three-fourths the length of the third, more slender. Head yellow- 

 ish, eyes black. Mcsonotum pale yellowish brown. Scutellum 

 and postscutellum yellowish. Abdomen yellowish brown, tapering. 

 Wings hyaline; halteres, coxa\ femora and most of the tibia? whitish 

 transparent, the tarsi mostly pale yellowish, the puhilli as long 

 as the slender, strongly curxed claws. Ovipositor with a length 

 nearly equal to the body, the terminal lobes slender, with a length 

 about four times the width. T\pe Cecid. a2678. 



Walshomyia texana, n. sp. 



The midges described below were reared by Mrs. L. T. Binkley, 

 Instructor in Zoology, State University, Austin, Texas, from a bud 

 gall on the wild Texas or Mountain Cedar {Sabina sabinoides). 

 The species is quite distinct from II'. jiiniperina Felt, reared from 

 the fruit of Jiiniperiis californica, and while it presents some 

 differences from the generic type, we believe that it should be 

 referred to this genus. 



Gall — This appears to be nothing but an enlarged, brownish 

 bud with a length approximately 6 mm., diameter 5 mm. 



Male — Length 2.2 mm. Antennae extending to the fourth 

 abdominal segment, sparsely haired, pale yellowish; 15 or 16 

 segments, the fifth with a stem one-half the length of the cylindric 

 basal enlargement, which latter has a length one-half greater than 

 its diameter and tapers slightly distally; circumfili probably 



