REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST I912 I45 



Microcerata corni Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. no, p. 102-3; separate, p. 6 

 (Micromyia) 



1908 N. Y. State I\Ius. Bui. 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 

 precedmg. 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 ; claw^s simple. Genitalia ; basal 

 clasp segm.ent 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. Bui. no, p. 103; separate, p. 6-7 

 (Micromyia) 



1908 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 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 pyrif orm, 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. iMeso- 

 rotrm dark brown. Scutellum, postscutellum and abdomen dark 

 bro\A'n, 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 Piano, Texas, 

 in May 1907 by Mr E. S. Tucker. 



