December, '11] FELT: new gall midges 557 



length five times its diameter, tapering from the distal fourth to the narrowly rounded 

 apex. Palpi; first segment short, stout, the second one half longer, slender, the 

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

 more slender than the third. Mesonotum reddish brown, the subnieflian lines 

 fuscous yellowish, sparsely haired. Scutelluin Ught yellowish brown, post .scut el lum 

 yellowish brown. Abdomen rather dark yellowi.sh brown. Halteres pale yellowish. 

 Legs a nearly uniform reddish brown; claws strongly curved, distinctly swollen 

 near the basal third, simple, the pulvilli rudimentary. Ovipositor nearly as long 

 as the abdomen, the distal portion unusually stout; the lobes slender, with a length 

 five times the width, narrowly rounded apicallj^, minor lobes long, slender. 



Reared from leaves of bald cypress, Taxodium distichum collected 

 by Mr. H. G. Hubbard in Florida. Loaned for study by the U. S. 

 Bureau of Entomology. Type C. 1038. 



Itonida pugionisn. sp. Male. Length 1.75 mm. Antennai one fourth longer 

 than the body, rather thickly haired, the basal enlargements fuscous, the distal 

 yellowish; fourteen segments, the fifth having the basal portion of the stem with 

 a length twice its diameter, the distal part with a length two and one half times its 

 diameter; terminal segment produced, the basal portion of the stem with a length 

 nearly four times its diameter, the distal part cylindric, with a length fully three 

 times its diameter and apicallj' tapering suddenly to a narrowly rounded apex. Palpi; 

 first segment subquadrate, the second with a length about twice the first, the third 

 about as long as the second, more slender, the fourth slightly longer than the third 

 and more slender, Me.sonotum yellowish brown, slightly fuscous, the submedian 

 lines thickly haired. Scutellum reddish orange, sparsely setose apically, post- 

 scutellum fuscous yellowish. Abdomen sparsely haired, a hght fuscous orange, 

 the plurse rather thickly clothed with fuscous scales and appearing as a longitudinal 

 broken, broad, fuscous stripe; venter fuscous yellowish, the sclerites somewhat 

 darker. Wings distinctly yellow tinted, costa yellowish; near the center of the 

 wing and at the apex of the reddish third vein, a distinct, black spot, a similar one, 

 slightly produced, at the apex of the fifth vein, the fork of the latter and its branch 

 covered by a dagger-like fuscous spot. Halteres yellowish orange, yellowish trans- 

 parent apically. Coxae fuscous; anterior and mid-femora mostly fuscous brown, 

 the latter slightly yellowish apically, the posterior femora mostly yellowish; anterior 

 tibise fuscous, the mid- and posterior tibise yellowish basally, fuscous apically, the 

 first tarsal segment and the basal two thirds of the second fuscous, the distal third 

 yellowish, the third and fourth tarsal segments yellowish orange, fuscous bsusally, 

 the fifth reddish brown, somewhat fuscous basally. Claws rather .slender, evenly 

 curved, simple, the pulvilli nearly as long as the claws. Genitalia; basal clasp 

 segment long, rather slender; terminal clasp segment slightly swollen basally, long, 

 slender; dorsal plate long, deeply and triangularly emarginate, the lobes tapering 

 irregularly, rounded; ventral plate long, broad, narrowly rounded. 



Female. Length 2.75 mm. Antenna nearly as long as the body, sparsely light- 

 haired, the enlargements dark brown, the stems whitish transparent, the stem of 

 the fifth segment with a length equal to the subcylindric basal enlargement, which 

 latter has a length two and one-half times its diameter, is strongly eonstricted near 

 the middle and has, for a female, high subbasal and subapical circumfili, the loops 

 stout and relatively broad; tenninal segment subcylindric, prodviced, with a length 

 four times its diameter, tapering apically to a narrowly rounded extremity. Coxs 

 fuscous yeUowish; femora fuscous basally, yellowish apically; tibia yellowish basally. 



