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enlarged apically and bearing at its tip three very long bristles. 

 The frontal prolongation of the head bears a group of about eight 

 stout bristles. The head behind the eye is large, elongated and 

 prominent, bearing many strong verticils. Head yellowish. 



Thorax reddish yellow, the region of the mesonotal scutum 

 and scutellum with abundant strong black bristles. Halteres 

 prominent, light yellow. Legs with all the femora enlarged, 

 yellowish; tibiae yellow; tarsi black. Wings very small but evi- 

 dent (fig. 1. zv) about as long as the third flagellar segment of the 

 antennse. 



Abdomen stout, the tergites with their caudal portions pro- 

 vided with abundant long, black bristles; sternites with similar 

 but shorter hairs. Male hypopygium powerful, the pleurites 

 stout, the appendage enlarged basally and provided with an inner 

 basal tooth, in the angle of which is a tuft of stout, black hairs; 

 the appendage is shorter than the pleurite. 



Holotype, cf , Cascade, Owasco Lake, Cayuga Co., New York, 

 November 15, 1915 (Bishop and Crosby). 



Chionea noveboracensis, sp. n. 



Body-coloration dark brownish gray; ovipositor of the female 

 very elongated. 



Female, somewhat shrunken, length about 3.5 mm. 



Mouth parts and palpi brownish black. Antennae black, the 

 fusion-segment of the fiagellum short; remainder of the flagellum 

 broken. Head very dark brown with a gray pruinosity and numer- 

 ous dark bristles. 



Thorax brownish gray. Halteres elongate, brownish yellow. 

 Wings very small but evident, dusky gray. Legs with the coxae 

 prominent, dark brown; femora and tibiae brown, the tarsi dark 

 brown; femora not incrassated. 



Abdomen very dark brown with a gray bloom, the tergites 

 with long, golden hairs on the caudal portion. Female ovipositor 

 exceedingly long and slender, the tergal valves much longer than 

 the sternal pair, slightly upcurved, narrowed and obtuse at their 

 tips. The tergal valves of the ovipositor are about as long as the 

 thorax. 



