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inal segment produced, with a length four times its diameter and a 

 long, slender process apically. Palpi; the first segment subquad- 

 rate, with a length two and one-half times its diameter, the second 

 twice the length of the first, the third as long as the second, more 

 slender, the fourth a little longer than the third. Face yellowish. 

 Mesonotum pale reddish yellow, submedian lines indistinct. Scutel- 

 lum and postscutellum pale reddish yellow. Abdomen slightly 

 fuscous ; membrane and pleurae yellowish. Ovipositor short, termi- 

 nal lobes slender, with a length four times the width, sparsely 

 and coarsely setose, otherwise nearly as in the male. Type Cecid. 

 ai5i4. 



Mycodiplosis rotundata Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 401 



This small male was taken July 20, 1908 sweeping grass or sedge 

 and bouncing bet, Saponaria officinalis, at Newport, 



N. Y. 



Male. Length .75 mm. Antennae longer than the body, thickly 

 haired, light straw; 14 segments, the fifth with stems three and four 

 times their diameters. Palpi; the first segment short, stout, the 

 second narrowly oval, the third as long as the second, slender, the 

 the fourth one-half longer than the third, dilated. Mesonotum red- 

 dish brown. Scutellum reddish, postscutellum and abdomen yel- 

 lowish brown, the fourth abdominal segment dark reddish brown. 

 Wings hyaline, costa light brown. Halteres pale yellowish. Legs 

 light straw, tarsi darker; claws long, slender, evenly curved, the 

 pulvilli rudimentary, one-fourth the length of the claws. Genitalia; 

 l3asal clasp segment long, stout; terminal clasp segment long, slender; 

 dorsal plate short, broad, deeply incised, the lobes broadly rounded; 

 ventral plate long, slender, deeply and triangularly emarginate, 

 the lobes slender, narrowly rounded; style long, slender. Type Cecid. 

 634. (See plate 8, fig. 4) 



Mycodiplosis impatientis Felt 

 1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 401 



The pale, yellowish orange midges were reared from larvae living 

 exposed on a fungus, Aecidium impatientis, occurring 

 on the stems of snapdragon, Impatiens fulva, taken at 

 West Nyack, N. Y., June ig, 1907. 



Larva. Length i mm, reddish, the smaller ones nearly white. 



Male. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae one-half longer than the body, 

 thickly haired, fuscous yellowish; 14 segments, the fifth with stems 

 three and four times their diameters, respectively; terminal seg- 

 ment, distal enlargement somewhat produced, constricted near the 

 basal third and with a length about twice its diameter, the terminal 

 appendage long, greatly swollen near the basal third and tapering 

 to a narrowly rounded apex. Palpi; the first segment short, stout, 



