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ee Abdomen dark reddish brown, length 2 mm; fifth antennal 
segment having the stems with a length two and one-half 
and three and one-half times that of their diameter..... 
hartmaniae n.sp., C. 1389 
cc Ventral plate hardly tapering distally, very short and broad 
d Abdomen pale yellowish, length .75 mm; fifth antennal segment 
having the stems with a length two and two and one-half 
times that of the diameters...excavationis Felt, C. 65 
bbb Ventral plate broad, triangularly emarginate 
c Abdomen deep red, dark brown basally, length 1 mm; fifth antennal 
segment having the stems with a length of three-fourths and one 
and one-fourth that of their diameters; female abdomen 
dark brown, length 2 mm; fifth antennal segment with a stem 
one-fourth the length of the basal enlargement, which latter has 
a length four times its diameter. Reared from slight swellings, 
frequently followed by decay, at the base of cactus spines....... 
opuntiae Felt, C. a1975 
cc Abdomen dark brown, length 1.25 mm, fifth antennal segment with 
the stems each one-fourth longer than the diameter; basal clasp 
segment normal. Reared from flowerlike gall on Taxodium..... 
anthici Felt, C. a2120 
ccc Abdomen reddish brown, length 1.25 mm; fifth antennal segment 
having the stems with a length one and three-fourths and one 
and one-fourth times that of their diameter; basal clasp segment 
greatly nswollen’d.§ stet2 Fee ee Rio. texana n.sp., C. 1265 
cccc Abdomen yellowish, second segment of anterior tarsi white, length 
2 mm; fifth antennal segment having the stems with a length 
one and one-half and two and one-half times their diameters 
TESPECULVE Lysate Meyers ye iia ia cletey aeesiione albotarsa Felt, C. 330 
Itonida infirma Felt 
1908 Felt, E.P. N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 124, p. 413 (Cecidomyia) 
This fuscous yellowish male was taken June 15, 1906 on syringa 
at Albany, N. Y. 
Male. Length .75 mm. Antennae almost as long as the body, 
thickly haired, yellowish brown; fourteen segments, the fifth with 
stems one and one-half and two and one-half times their diameters. 
Palpi; first segment irregularly subquadrate, the second twice the 
length of the preceding, tapering, the third a little shorter, more 
slender than the second, the fourth one-half longer and much more 
slender than the third; face fuscous yellowish. Mesonotum pale 
fuscous yellowish. Scutellum fuscous yellowish, slightly darker 
apically. Abdomen fuscous yellowish with indistinct, fuscous median 
spots on the third and fourth abdominal segments. Wings hyaline, 
costa light brown; halteres yellowish transparent. Legs a nearly 
uniform fuscous yellowish, paler basally, darker distally; claws long, 
slender, strongly curved at the basal half. Genitalia (pl. 10, fig. 5); 
dorsal plate broad, triangularly emarginate, the lobes short, diverging, 
obliquely truncate; ventral plate long, slender, broadly and tri- 
