REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST I9QI2 145 
Microcerata corni Felt 
1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 110, p. 102-3; separate, p. 6 
(Micromyia) 
Ig08 ——__—— N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 124, p. 310 
This species was taken at Albany, N. Y., July 6, 1907 on Cornus. 
Male. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae short, sparsely haired, dark 
brown; 9 segments, the fourth subglobose, with a length less than 
its diameter; terminal segment nearly three times the length of the 
preceding. Palpi; the first segment short, quadrate, the second as 
long as the first, slightly stouter, the third about as long as the 
second, more slender, the fourth nearly twice the length of the third. 
Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian lines with pale setae. 
Scutellum and abdomen dark brown, the latter nearly naked and 
with a distinct reddish tint distally. Wings hyaline, costa dark 
brown. Halteres pale orange basally, dark orange distally. Legs 
dark reddish, the tarsi dark brown; claws simple. Genitalia; basal 
clasp segment long, slender, obliquely truncate; terminal clasp seg- 
ment stout, long, tapering, the apex spined; dorsal plate apparently 
simple, broad, tapering, narrowly rounded; ventral plate apparently 
similar. Harpes broad, stout, narrowly rounded; style long, slender. 
Type Cecid. 459. 
Microcerata diervillae Felt 
1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 110, p. 103; separate, p. 6-7 
(Micromyia) 
1908 —————— N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 124, p. 310 
This species was taken at Karner, N. Y., June 5, 1907 on bush 
honeysuckle, Diervilla trifida. 
Male. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae short, sparsely haired, dark 
brown; 9 segments, the third pyriform, the fourth with a very 
short stem; terminal segment produced, nearly twice the length of 
the preceding, pyriform. Palpi; the first segment stout, with a 
length twice its diameter, the second narrowly oval, a little shorter, 
the third one-half longer than the second, more slender. Meso- 
rotum dark brown. Scutellum, postscutellum and abdomen dark 
brown, the latter slightly yellowish distally. Wings hyaline, costa 
light brown. Halteres fuscous yellowish. Legs a variable fuscous, 
the posterior tarsi tinged with carmine; claws simple, the pulvilli 
longer than the claws. Genitalia; basal clasp segment long; term- 
inal clasp segment short, stout, the apex recurved; dorsal plate 
broadly rounded; ventral plate broad, incised, the lobes narrowly 
rounded. Harpes long, stout, tapering; style long, slender, narrowly 
rounded. Type Cecid. 490. 
Microcerata spinosa n. sp. 
This species was taken at dark in an oat field at Plano, Texas, 
in May 1907 by Mr E. S. Tucker. 
