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the second, and the fourth as long as the third, all very thickly haired. 

 Mesonotum probably fuscous yellowish. Abdomen presumably yel- 

 lowish orange ; genitalia yellowish. Wings hyaline, costa uniting with 

 costa at the basal third, the third vein a little beyond the apex, the 

 fifth at the distal fourth, the sixth near the basal half. Halteres 

 whitish transparent. Legs probably pale yellowish; claws moderately 

 stout, strongly curved, unidentate, the pulvilli shorter than the claws. 

 Genitalia ; basal clasp segment stout, obliquely truncate, the internal 

 distal angle distinctly produced, setose; terminal clasp segment stout, 

 somewhat swollen apically and with a relatively slender, chitinous 

 tooth on the broadly rounded apex ; dorsal plate long, deeply and nar- 

 rowly incised, the lobes narrowly rounded, sparsely setose ; ventral 

 plate long, broadly and roundly emarginate, the lobes broadly rounded, 

 thickly setose. Harpes heavily chitinized, slender, irregularly curved, 

 acute apically. 



Female. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae extending to the third abdom- 

 inal segment, rather thickly haired, apparently yellowish brown ; 23 

 subsessile segments, the fifth obconic, with a length three-quarters its 

 diameter, subbasal whorl thick, stout, subapical whorl sparse ; terminal 

 segment produced, with a distinct knob apically. Mesonotum probably 

 yellowish brown. Scutellum and postscutellum presumably yellowish. 

 Abdomen probably yellowish orange; ovipositor yellowish. Halteres 

 yellowish transparent. Legs a nearly uniform pale straw ; claws stout, 

 strongly curved, unidentate, the pulvilli longer than the claws. Ovi- 

 positor one-half the length of the abdomen, the lobes consisting of a 

 stout basal subquadrate segment, with a narrowly oval apical one, both 

 sparsely setose. 



Type Cecid. a 1955 N. Y. State Museum. 



Asphondylia attenuatata n. sp 



This species was reared in some numbers from flower buds 

 and flowers of privet or wild coffee, probably Faramea odora- 

 tissima. The male is peculiar on account of the slender, some- 

 what produced antennae, the flagellate segments being pro- 

 vided with unusually small and indistinct circumfili. 



Male. Length 2 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, sparsely 

 haired, presumably fuscous yellowish; 14 sessile segments, the fifth 

 with a length fully six times its diameter and uniformly clothed with 

 short setae, the sparse subbasal whorl being absent and the tortuous, 

 slightly elevated circumfili very indistinct ; terminal segment hardly 

 reduced and tapering slightly to a broadly rounded apex. Palpi ; first 

 segment stout, with a length three times its diameter, the second a 

 little longer, slender. Mesonotum dark brown. Scutellum and post- 



