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body, rather thickly haired; 15 segments, the fifth with a whitish 

 transparent stem twice the length of the blackish subcylindric 

 basal enlargement, the latter with a well marked, low circumfilum 

 at the basal third and a moderately thick subapical whorl with 

 long, stout setae; terminal segment slightly produced, with a length 

 a little over twice its diameter, the apex broadly and irregularly 

 rounded. Palpi: first segment irregular, quadrate, the second a 

 little longer, the third twice the length of the second, more slender, 

 and the fourth a little longer than the third. Mesonotum fuscous 

 yellowish. Scutellum reddish yellow, postscutellum reddish. 

 Abdomen rather thickly haired, reddish brown. Wings long, 

 slender as in Colpodia, the cross-vein nearly parallel with costa, 

 the fifth vein uniting with the posterior margin at the distal third, 

 its branch at the basal third; halteres yellowish transparent. 

 Coxae fuscous yellowish. Legs mostly dark straw, the three distal 

 tarsal segments of the hind legs yellowish white; claws moderately 

 long, strongly curved, unidentate, the pulvilli about half the length 

 of the claws. Genitalia; basal clasp segment short, very broad, 

 quadrate, with an irregular, fingerlike, heavily chitinized process 

 at the internal distal angle; terminal clasp segment broad at base, 

 tapering and curving irregularly to a slender, curved, somewhat 

 foliate apex; dorsal and ventral plates indistinct. Harpes greatly 

 produced, heavily chitinized, the distal free half tapering slightly 

 to an irregularly expanded, tri-lobed, foliate appendage. Type 

 Cecid. 1696. 



Harpomyia, n. gen. 



This genus was erected for a species belonging in the Dasyneura 

 series having 12 antennal segments and may be most easily recog- 

 nized by the greatly produced, somewhat sickle-shaped harpes 

 of the male. These organs have a length greater than the entire 

 hypopygium and extend posteriorly like a pair of scissor blades. 

 Type H. indica, n. sp. 



Harpomyia indica, n. sp. 



The midges described below were labeled as having been reared 

 from larvae found under the lining of a felt cap, August 19, 1915, U. 

 Bahadur. 



Male. — Length 1 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, 

 thickly haired, yellowish brown; 12 segments, the fifth with a stem 



