76 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Feb., 'l/ 



Pseudhormomyia cornea n. sp. 



The midges provisionally referred to this genus were received 

 from T. V. Ramakrishna, Government Entomologist. Coim- 

 batore, India, under date of August 4th, 1916, accompanied by 

 the statement that they breed in a grass, Ischaemum ciliarc, the 

 galls being formed mostly in the side shoots, and labeled No. 

 4, 2, VIII, '16, South India, Coimbatore, from Ischaemum 

 ciliarc, Y. R. Rao Coll. 



$ . Length 2.5 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, sparsely 

 haired, light brown; -14 segments, the fifth having the stems each with 

 a length one-half greater than the diameter, the basal enlargement 

 subglobose, the distal strongly constricted and with a length over 

 twice its diameter; whorls of moderately stout setae occur upon both 

 enlargements and on the distal two circumfili, the loops being moder- 

 ately long, stout, and rather numerous. Palpi : first segment irregular, 

 subquadrate, the second irregularly oval, the third more than twice 

 the length of the second, more slender. Mesonotum reddish brown. 

 Scutellum and postscutellum yellowish brown. Abdomen yellowish 

 brown, the genitalia yellowish. Wings hyaline, the third vein uniting 

 with the margin well beyond the apex ; halteres yellowish. Legs mostly 

 yellowish brown. Genitalia : basal clasp segment with a length two 

 and one-half times its diameter and a distinct internal lobe near the 

 basal half; terminal clasp segment stout, curved and with a length over 

 twice its diameter ; dorsal plate long, broad, deeply and triangularly 

 emarginate, the lobes tapering" mostly internally to a narrowly rounded, 

 thickly setose apex; ventral plate long, broad, thickly setose: posterior 

 margin narrowly rounded ; style stout, tapering to a narrowly rounded 

 apex. 



Q . Length 3 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, thickly 

 haired, yellowish brown; 14 segments, the fifth with a stem one-third 

 the length of the cylindrical basal enlargement, which latter has a 

 length about four times its diameter ; low circumfili occur at the basal 

 third and apically ; terminal segment with the basal part subcylindric 

 and having a length four times its diameter; apically there is an irreg- 

 ular, fusiform appendage about half the length of the basal portion. 

 Palpi : first segment irregularly quadrate, the second as long as the 

 first and the third twice the length of the second, slender. Mesonotum 

 dark reddish, the submedian lines sparsely haired. Scutellum and 

 postscutellum dark yellowish brown. Abdomen rather thickly haired, 

 pale reddish, the terminal segments and ovipositor mostly yellowish ; 

 halteres mostly pale straw; coxae and legs mostly dark straw: claws 

 moderately slender, strongly curved, simple, the pulvilli as long as 

 the claws. Ovipositor short, moderately stout, the lobes sparsely haired, 

 narrowly oval and with a length two and one-half times the width. 



Type Cecid. a2 



