182 Journal New York Entomological Society. [^oL xxiii. 



Female. — Length 1.25 mm. Antennae extending to the fifth abdominal 

 segment, sparsely haired, pale yellowish ; fourteen segments, the fifth with a 

 stem one-half the length of the subcylindric basal enlargement, which latter 

 has a length about twice its diameter ; terminal segment slightly produced, 

 with a length three times its diameter, broadly rounded apically. Palpi : first 

 as long as the second, the fourth a little longer than the third. Abdomen red- 

 dish basally, yellowish apically. Ovipositor short, the lobes narrowly oval and 

 thickly clothed with long, stout setae. Other characters nearly as in the male. 



Type Cecid. a2^yS. 

 Lowiola costata new species. 



The midges described below and tentatively referred to this genus 

 were received from Prof. A. Rutherford, Royal Botanic Gardens, 

 Peradeniya, Ceylon, June 8, 1914, and taken by Iwm on a spider's web. 

 The midges had no difificuly in leaving the web and the spiders did 

 not seem to feed upon them. 



Female. — Length 1.75 mm. Antennas extending to the fifth abdominal 

 segment, sparsely haired, yellowish orange ; fovirteen segments, the fifth with 

 a stem one-half the length of the cylindric basal enlargement, which latter 

 has a length about twice its diameter and is girdled near the middle and 

 subapically by broad, rather heavy, low circumfili ; terminal segment produced, 

 the basal enlargement with a length four times its diameter and distally with 

 a bulbous appendage, the latter separated from the enlargement by a distinct, 

 rather smooth stem and with an ovoid basal enlargement, the distal portion 

 being finger-like and with a length three times its diameter. Palpi : the first 

 segment irregularly subquadrate, the second rather broad, with a length four 

 times its diameter, the third as long as the second, more slender; mouth-parts 

 produced, with a length fully one-half the diameter of the head. The maxillae 

 thickly and transversely costate. Eyes holoptic, black. Mesonotum reddish 

 brown. Scutellum and postscutellum yellowish brown. Abdomen fuscous yel- 

 lowish, the yellowish ovipositor with a length about half that of the abdomen, 

 the terminal lobes long, indistinctly biarticulate, the distal portion narrowly 

 lanceolate and sparsely setose. Wings hyaline, the third vein uniting with the 

 margin well beyond the apex. Halteres pale yellowish. Coxae fuscous yellow- 

 ish. Legs mostly pale straw. The simple claws strongly curved, the pulvilli 

 rudimentary. 



Type Cecid. a2582. 



ANDRODIPLOSIS new genus. 



The genus is allied to Diplecus Kieff., which it resembles very 

 closely in a superficial manner and from which it may be separated 

 by the distinctly binodose basal enlargements of the flagellate an- 



