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enlarged apirally and bearing at its tip tiirce very long bristles. 
The frontal prolongation of the head bears a group of abcjut eight 
stout bristles. The head behind the eye is large, elongated and 
prominent, bearing many strong \erticils. Head yellowish. 
Thorax reddish yellow, the region of the mesonotal scutum 
and scutellum with abundant strong Ijlack bristles. Halteres 
prominent, light yellow. Legs with all the femora enlarged, 
\'ellowish; tibicie yellow; tarsi black. Wings very small but evi- 
dent (fig. 1. w) about as long as the third flagellar segment of the 
antenna?. 
Abdomen stout, the tergites with their caudal portions pro- 
vided with abundant long, black bristles; sternites with similar 
but shorter hairs. Male hypopygium powerful, the pleurites 
stout, the appendage enlarged basally and provided with an inner 
basal tooth, in the angle of which is a tuft of stout, black hairs; 
the appendage is shorter than the pleurite. 
Holotype, cf , Cascade, Owasco Lake, Cayuga Co., New York, 
November 15, 19L5 (Bishop and Crosby). 
Chionea noveboracensis, sp. n. 
Body-coloration dark brownish gray; ovipositor of the female 
\ery elongated. 
Female, somewhat shrunken, length about 3.5 mm. 
Mouth parts and palpi brownish black. Antenna? black, the 
fusion-segment of the flagellum short; remainder of the flagellum 
broken. Head very dark brown with a gray pruinosity and numer- 
ous dark bristles. 
Thorax brownish gray. Halteres elongate, brownish yellow. 
Wings very small but evident, dusky gray. Legs with the coxa? 
prominent, dark brown; femora and tibia? brown, the tarsi dark 
brown; femora not incrassated. 
Abdomen very dark brown with a gray bloom, the tergites 
with long, golden hairs on the caudal portion. Female ovipositor 
exceedingly long and slender, the tergal valves much longer than 
the sternal pair, slightly upcurved, narrowed and obtuse at their 
tips. The tergal \'alves of the ovipositor are about as long as the 
thorax. 
