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Female. Length, 3.5 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, sparsely haired, 

 dark brown, the stems white; sixteen segments, the fifth with a stem three-fourths 

 the length of the eylindrie basal enlargement, which latter has a length twice its 

 diameter and is ornamented with very irregular, reticulate, stout circumfili; terminal 

 segment produced, with a length about four times its diameter, the distal fifth taper- 

 ing. Palpi; first segment with a length four times its diameter, the second a little 

 longer, broader, the third longer than the second, more slender, the fourth one-half 

 longer than the third, slightly dilated. Mesonotum yellowish brown. Scutellum 

 and postscutellum yellowish. Abdomen sparsely haired, yellowish red. Halteres 

 and coxae mostly fuscous yellowish, the legs mostly fuscous straw, except the two 

 distal tarsal segments of the anterior and mid legs and the distal three of the posterior 

 legs which are yellowish white; claws slender, strongly curved, unidentate, the 

 pulvilli rudimentary. Ovipositor nearly as long as the body, the terminal lobes 

 triarticulate, the basal subtriangular, the middle subquadrate, the terminal nar- 

 rowly oval, sparsely haired. Type: Cecid. 1464. 



Asynapta frosti sp. nov. 

 The female described below was received from Mr. C. W. Johnson 

 of the Boston Society of Natural History and bore the following 

 label ''Found in jar of sumac twigs and bees nest, C. A. Frost, 

 Framingham, Mass., VI— 1, 10." It is easily distinguished from 

 all other known American females by the number of antennal 

 segments. Since the abdomen was recurved dorsally, this species 

 may possibly be referable to the genus Ruebsaamenia Kieff. 



Female. Length, 1.5 mm. Antennae extending to the fourth abdominal seg- 

 ment, sparsely haired, dark brown; twenty-two subsessile, eylindrie segments, the 

 fifth with a length three-fourths greater than its diameter; terminal segment 

 slightly produced. Palpi; first segment long, slender, second as long as the first, 

 broader, the third fully one-half longer than the second, the fourth about one-half 

 longer than the third, more slender. Mesonotum shining dark brown. Scutellum 

 fuscous yellowish, postscutellum darker. Abdomen thickly haired, whitish yellow. 

 Wings hyaline, costa light straw. Halteres pale straw basally, fuscous apically. 

 Coxae pale straw. Legs mostly dark straw, posterior tarsi light straw; claws 

 moderately long, stout, unidentate, the pulvilli as long as the claws. Ovipositor 

 long, slender, recurved dorsally, the terminal lobes slender, biarticulate, the basal 

 segment with a length fully four times its width, the distal segment more slender, 

 narrowly elliptical. Type: Cecid. 1424. 



Lobodiplosis speciosa sp. nov. 

 This remarkable male was taken by Owen Bryant, August, 

 1907, at North Adams, Mass., and may be easily separated from 

 its allies by the two subapical lobes on the basal clasp segment. 



Male. Length, 1 mm. Antennae twice the length of the body, thickly haired, 

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



