152 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 
Halteres yellowish brown. Legs mostly dark yellowish brown; claws 
moderately stout, strongly curved, simple, the pulvilli as long as the 
claws. Ovipositor short, the lobes triarticulate, the distal segment 
suborbicular. Ventrally, on the ninth segment, there is a pair of 
submedian, fuscous, pyriform appendages. Type C. 1390. 

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larged. (Original) 
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larged. (Original 
Neocatocha spinosa n: sp. 
This remarkable female was found in the National Museum col- 
lection labeled “ with specimens sent by A. R. Barber, December 
LO, oy aur 
Female. Length 2mm. Antennae extending nearly to the base 
of the abdomen, sparsely haired, yellowish brown; 10 segments, 
the fifth with a short stem one-fourth the length of the oval basal 
enlargement, which latter has a length fully one-half greater than 
its diameter, a sparse basal whorl of long, stout setae and subapically 
a partial whorl of thickly set, short, stout, curved spines ; terminal 
segment reduced, with a length one-half greater than its diameter, 
narrowly rounded apically. Palpi; first segment short, subquadrate, 
the second with a length twice its diameter, the third a little longer 
than the second, the fourth one-half longer than the third, dilated 
apically. Ocelli present. Thorax dark brown. Abdomen yellowish 
brown, the terminal segments dark brown. Ovipositor short, triar- 
ticulate, the distal segment narrowly oval, thickly setose. Wings 
hyaline, irridescent. Halteres and legs yellowish brown, the distal 
tarsal segments darker. Claws stout, evenly curved, simple, the 
pulvilli about one-third the length of the claws. Type Cecid. 1415. 
Lithomyza Scudd. 
1877 Scudder, S. H. U.S. Geol. Geog. Surv. Terr. Bul. 2) ps 740 
1890 ——————. Tert. Ins. N. Amer., U. S. Geol. Geog. Surv. Terr. 
Rep’t, v. 13, p. 600-01 
torr Pelt, EPs NyN. EnteSoc. Jour 19:32 
