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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Male. Length .75 mm. Antennae as long as the head, composed 

 of 9 segments, the fifth pyriform; terminal segment somewhat 

 produced, fusiform, with a length about twice its diameter. Palpi 

 long, the first and second segments subequal, subrectangular, the 

 third one-half longer, more slender and the fourth twice the length 

 of the third; eyes large, black. Mesonotum duU dark brown. 



Fig. 24 Antenna of Microcerata spinosa, enlarged. (Original) 



Scutellum dark reddish brown, postscutellum a little darker. Abdo- 

 men dull dark brown, the genitalia fuscous yellowish. Wings rather 

 large, hyaline, costa yellowish brown. Halteres yellowish trans- 

 parent. Legs a variable yellowish brown, the tarsi a little darker; 

 claws simple, pulvilli large. Genitalia ; basal clasp segment long, 

 slender, tapering distally ; terminal clasp segment rather long, swol- 

 len basally and tapering slightly to an obtuse, curved, thickly haired 

 apex ; dorsal plate tapering, broadly rounded and thickly setose api- 

 cally ; ventral plate tapering to a narrowly rounded apex ; style long, 

 slender, acute distally. Type Cecid. 1295. 



Fig. 25 Palpus of Microcerata spinosa, enlarged. (Original) 



Microcerata perplexa Felt 

 1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 310 



The female representing this species was taken on the office 

 window July 19, 1907, and was presumably reared from some ma- 

 terial in the office. 



