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ently divided, obliquely truncate and sparsely margined distally with stout 

 setae; ventral plate moderately long, broad, broadly and roundly emarginate, 

 the lobes short truncate and with a few stout setae apically. Harpes with 

 strongly chitinized, irregular, recurved hooks apically. Type Cecid. 1723. 



Porricondyla spinigera new species. 



• This midge, falling in the P. pini Felt and P. hamata Felt series, 

 was collected September 4, 1917, at Keene Valley, N. Y., by Mr. 

 Howard Notman. It may be easily distinguished from its allies by 

 the long, stout spine at the tip of the terminal clasp segment. 



Male. — Length 1 mm. Antennje twice the length of the body, sparsely 

 long-haired, dark brown, 16 segments, the fifth with a stem twice the length of 

 the cylindrical basal enlargement, which latter has a length J /i greater than its 

 diameter, the terminal segment reduced, with a length about 2^/2 times its diam- 

 eter and narrowly rounded apically. Palpi : first segment with a length about 

 three times its diameter, the second Yi longer, the third a little longer and more 

 slender than the second, the fourth J^ longer than the third. Mesonotum reddish 

 brown. Scutellum pale yellowish. Postscutellum yellowish. Abdomen sparsely 

 haired, fuscous yellowish, genitalia somewhat darker. Halteres pale yellowish. 

 Legs mostly pale straw. Claws rather slender, strongly curved, unidentate, the 

 pulvilli nearly as long as the claws. Genitalia : basal clasp segment short, stout, 

 the internal distal angles apparently with a long, irregularly curved spine, the 

 tip of which touches its complement on the other side ; terminal clasp segment 

 moderately short, stout, thickly haired and tapering to a long stout apically 

 chitinous spine, the latter with a length about % the entire segment ; dorsal 

 plate long, broad, deeply and narrowly emarginate, the lobes narrowly rounded 

 and sparsely setose; ventral plate long, moderately broad, broadly and roundly 

 emarginate, the lobes short, broadly rounded and sparsely setose ; halteres 

 strongly chitinized irregularly and with a distinct retrose spine apically. 

 Type Cecid. 1734. 



Porricondyla tumidosa new species. 



This midge was taken August 2j, 1917, by Mr. Howard Notman, 

 at Keene Valley, N. Y. It is related to P. dilatata Felt, from which 

 it may be separated by the more slender basal enlargements of the 

 antennal segments and the longer apical spurs on the basal clasp 

 segment. 



Male. — Length 1.5 mm. Antennae decidedly longer than the body, thickly 

 long-haired, dark brown, 16 segments, the fifth with a stem y 2 longer than the 

 cylindrical basal enlargement, which latter has a length 2^4 times its diameter, 

 terminal clasp segment with a length 2^ times its diameter, thickly haired and 

 tapering to a narrowly rounded apex. Palpi : first segment with a length about 



