December, '11] FELT: NEW GALL MIDGES 549 



Diplosis coccidarum Mayaguez, Porto Rico. Loaned for study by 

 TJ. S. National Museum. Type C. 970. 



Dicrodiplosis gilletlei n. sp. Female. — Length nearly 2 mm. Antenna: dark browTi, 

 yellowish basally; fourteen segments, the fifth with a stem one fourth the length 

 of the cylindric basal enlargement, which latter has a length about thrice its diameter; 

 terminal segment apically with a short, stout process. Palpi; first segment sub- 

 quadrate, the second with a length about three times its diameter, the third a little 

 longer, more slender, the fourth a little longer than the third and somewhat dilated. 

 Mesonotum slaty brown, the submedian lines reddish orange. Scutellum brownish 

 red, postscutellum dark brown. Abdomen reddish salmon. Wings hyaUne. Costa, 

 light straw. Halteres yellowish basally, reddish apically. Coxae dark reddish, the 

 femora mostly pale straw; tibiae fuscous straw, the tarsi slightly darker. Clawa 

 slender, strongly curved, unidentate, the pulvilli a little longer than the claws. 

 Ovipositor short, the terminal lobes with a length about three times the width, 

 sparsely setose. 



Reared from an apical, bud-like deformity on Pinus scopulorum. 

 collected by Prof. C. P. Gillette, Fort Collins, Col. Allied to D. 

 ruhida Felt. Type C. a2205. 



Mycodiplosis Carolina n. sp. Male. — Length 1.25 mm. Antenna) pale yellowish; 

 fourteen segments, the fifth having the basal portion of the stem with a length 

 thrice its diameter, the distal part with a length three and one half times its diameter; 

 basal enlargement subglobose, subbasal whorl rather thick, the circumfilum -with 

 long loops extending to the produced distal enlargement, which latter has a length 

 one half greater than its diameter, a sparse whorl of long setse and subbasal and 

 subapical circumfih, the loops of the last extending to the apex of the segment; 

 terminal segment produced, the basal portion of the stem ^ath a length five times 

 its diameter, the distal enlargement cylindric, with a length nearly four times its 

 diameter and apically a long, slender, finger-like process. Palpi; first segment 

 irregularly subquadrate, the second fusiform, with a length over three times its 

 diameter, the third one half longer than the second, more slender, the fourth a 

 Uttle longer than the third, more slender. Body pale yellowish. Wings yellowish, 

 €osta Ught brown, the third vein uniting with the margin well beyond the apex. 

 Halteres yellowish transparent. Legs pale yellowish; claws slender, strongly curved, 

 the anterior and mid unidentate, the pulvilli shorter than the claws. Genitalia; 

 basal clasp segment rather stout, truncate; terminal clasp segment long, swollen 

 basally; dorsal plate rather short, broad, triangularly emarginate, the lobes broadly 

 and roundly emarginate; internal and external angles slightly produced, subequal 

 and sparsely setose; ventral plate long, expanded apically, broadly rounded and 

 finely setose. Harpes short, subtriangular; style long, tapering, narrowly rounded 

 apically. 



Reared by Theodore Pergande from leaves of Ldlium superbum 

 received from H. P. Kelse}^ Kawani, N. C. Loaned for study by 

 the U. S. Bureau of Entomology. Allied to M. rohusta Felt. Type 

 C. 976. 



Mycodiplosis coccidivora n. sp. Male.— Length 1 mm. Antenna? missing. Meso- 

 notum light bro-w-n. Scutellum and postscuteUum yellowish brown. Abdomen 



