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ee Abdomen dark reddish brown, length 2 mm; fifth antenna 1 

 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 .. .excavation! s Felt, C. 65 

 hbb Ventral plate broad, triangularly emarginate 



c Abdomen deep red, dark brown basally, length i 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 



opunti ae Felt, C. ai975 



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. a2i20 



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 swollen 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 

 respectively albotarsa Felt, C. 330 



Itonida infirma Felt 

 1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui, 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. Scutellimi 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 (pi. 19, fig- s): 

 dorsal plate broad, triangularly emarginate, the lobes short, diverging, 

 obliquely truncate; ventral plate long, slender, broadly and tri- 



