REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST I9QI12 LA 
Female. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae short, sparsely haired, dark 
brown, 10 segments, the fourth with a length about three-fourths its 
diameter, greatly dilated near the basal third and roundly tapering 
to the broad apex; terminal segment produced, strongly constricted 
near the distal third and broadly rounded. 
Palpi; the first segment long, expanded distally 
and with a conspicuous sense organ on the in- 
ternal distal third, second segment nearly as 
long as the first, more slender, the third one- 
half longer and more slender than the second, 
the fourth one-half longer and more slender 
than the third. Entire body nearly uniform 
dark brown. Wings hyaline, costa dark brown. 
Halteres presumably fuscous. Legs presum- 
ably a fuscous brown; claws simple, the pulvilli Fig 26. Fourth and 
seliede shorter than the claws. Ovipositor@fih antennal see 
short, the terminal lobes indistinctly triarticu- ments of Micro- 
late, the basal segment indistinct, the seconde e rata per- 
broadly rounded, the third irregularly oval.plexa, 
Type Cecid. 1375. 

enlarged. 
Original) 
Microcerata borealis n. sp. 
This species was taken by Mr D. B. Young at Speculator, N. Y., 
July 27, 1909. 
Male. Length 1.25 mm. Antennae extending to the base of the 
anterior coxae, sparsely haired, dark brown; 10 segments, the fifth 
subglobose, slightly pyriform, with a length slightly greater than its 
diameter. Terminal segment subcylindric, with a length two and 
one-half times its diameter. Palpi; the first segment stout, rec- 
tangular, with a length twice its diameter, the second a little longer, 
swollen distally, the third a little shorter than the second, narrowly 
triangular, the fourth one-half longer than the second, irregular, 
compressed. Thorax and abdomen a nearly uniform dark brown. 
Wings hyaline, costa light brown. Halteres yellowish brown; coxae 
dark brown; femora, tibiae and tarsi a dark yellowish brown; claws 
long, evenly curved, the pulvilli as long as the claws. Genitalia ; 
basal clasp segment long, tapering; terminal clasp segment rather 
stout, recurved apically; dorsal plate long, tapering, narrowly 
rounded; ventral plate divided, the lobes divergent, roundly trun- 
cate and thickly setose; style long, slender. Type Cecid. 1374. 
Microcerata texana n. sp. 
This species was taken at Plano, Texas, July 1907 by Mr E. S. 
Tucker. 
Male. Length 1.25 mm. Antennae hardly extending to the base 
of the abdomen, thickly haired, fuscous brown, composed of II 
