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whorl of setse long, extending to the apex of the following segment ; distal 

 segment reduced, irregularly conic, sometimes narrowly fused with the pre- 

 ceding. Palpi ; first segment subquadrate, the second irregular, with a length 

 over twice its diameter, the third Yz longer than the second, stout, the fourth 

 }/2 longer than the third, slender. Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian 

 lines sparsely haired. Scutellum and postscutellum yellowish. .\bdomen 

 sparsely haired, fuscous yellowish. Halteres yellowish. Coxk and femora 

 basally yellowish, the remainder of the legs fuscous straw. Genitalia ; basal 

 clasp segment stout ; terminal clasp segment narowly oval ; dorsal plate long, 

 broadly emarginate, the lobes broadly rounded ; ventral plate short, deeply and 

 roundly emarginate, the lobes rather long, narrowly rounded. Harpes chitin- 

 ous, complex, style slender. Type Cecid 1399. 



Tliis male wa.s taken by Dr. W. G. Dietz, April 13. igio, at Hazel- 

 ton, Pa. It is easily separated from allied forms bv tbe shorter stems 

 of the antennal segments 



Camptomyia aestiva, new species. 



Female. — Length 1.5 mm. Antenna nearly as long as the body, sparsely 

 haired, light brown; 21 segments, the fifth with a stem 1/4 the length of the 

 cylindric basal enlargement, which latter has a length zYi times its diameter 

 and a sparse whorl of long setae ; terminal segment produced, with a length over 

 twice its diameter and tapering to a narrowly rounded apex. Palpi ; first 

 segment with a length 2j<^ times its diameter, the second 5^2 longer, stout, the 

 third with a length twice that of the second, slender, the fourth about as long 

 as the third, more slender. Mesonotum reddish brown. Scutellum yellowish, 

 postscutellum dark brown. Abdomen sparsely haired, yellowish orange, the 

 rather stout ovipositor with the distal five segments recurved over the back. 

 Halterers pale yellowish; Legs pale straw ; claws stout, strongly curved, uni- 

 dentate, the pulvilli as long as the claws ; terminal lobes long, triarticulate, the 

 apical segments with a length nearly thrice the diameter. Type Cecid 1400. 



This female was taken by Dr. W. G. Dietz, at Hazelton, Pa., 

 June 21, 1909. 



Porricondyla vernalis, new species. 



Female. — Length 1.75 mm. Antennae as long as the body, thickly haired, 

 dark brown ; 13 segments, the fifth with a stem % the length of the cylindric 

 basal enlargement, which latter has a length thrice its diameter and a rather 

 sparse subapical whorl of long setae ; terminal segment somewhat reduced. 

 Palpi ; first segment subquadrate, the second with a length 14 greater than the 

 first, the third J/j longer than the second, more slender, the fourth I/2 longer 

 than the third. Mesonotum reddish brown. Scutellum yellowish, postscutellum 

 reddish yellow. Abdomen sparsely haired, fuscous yellowish. Halteres 

 yellowish transparent. Coxae reddish yellow; femora, tibiae and tarsi fuscous 

 straw, except for the whitish distal three segments, especially marked on the 

 posterior legs ; claws stout, strongly curved, vinidentate, the pulvilli shorter 



