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the second a little longer, subcorneal; face fuscous yellowish. Thorax 

 greatly produced over the small head. Mesonotum with the median 

 subtriangular area dark brown, the irregular lateral areas light 

 brown, somewhat diffuse, the broad submedian lines and the pos- 

 terior median area fuscous yellowish. Scutellum pale yellow, post- 

 scutellum reddish yellow. Abdomen sparsely clothed with fine 

 setae, shining dark brown, the third and fourth segments narrowly 

 margined posteriorly with yellowish, the seventh and eighth seg- 

 ments mostly yellowish, the latter and the base of the following 

 tinged with bright red, terminal lobes dark fuscous, slightly yel- 

 lowish basally. Wings (pi. 14, fig. 2) hyaline, costa light brown, 

 the third vein just beyond the apex. Halteres pale yellowish trans- 

 parent, slightly fuscous apically. Legs light fuscous yellowish, the 

 distal tarsal segments somewhat darker; claws (fig. 45) long, stout, 

 curved near the basal third, pul villi about one-half the length of 

 the claws. Ovipositor (fig. 46) short, the terminal lobes long, nar- 

 rowly oval. Type Cecid. 815. 



Hormomyia caudata Felt 



1916 Felt, E. P. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour., 24: 176 



1918 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 200, p. 27 



This species was reared April 29, 1915, by George G. Ainslie from 

 what were evidently modified buds or shoots of a sedge, probably 

 cyperus species collected at Clarksville, Tenn. The galls occurred at 

 the very base of the plant. The midge is easily distinguished from 

 other known females by the greatly produced fifth antennal segment 

 in connection with its moderate size. 



Hormom3ria coloradensis Ckll. 

 1908 Cockerell, T. D. A. Can. Ent., 40:421-22 



This species was taken by Professor Cockerell September 24, 

 1908 on a street pavement at Boulder, Col. The following descrip- 

 tion has been drafted from types he kindly placed at our disposal. 



Female. Length 5.25 mm. Antennae extending to the fourth 

 abdominal segment, thickly haired, fuscous yellowish; fourteen 

 segments, the fifth greatly produced, binodose, with a length more 

 than four times its diameter; basal portion of the stem irregular, 

 with a length one-half greater than its diameter, the distal part 

 with a length half its diameter; basal enlargement subglobose, with 

 a sparse whorl of stout setae and a circumfilum; distal enlargement 

 produced, with a length nearly twice its diameter and subbasal and 

 subapical circumfila, the loops long; a scattering whorl of stout 

 setae near the middle. Palpi; the first segment narrowly oval, the 

 second subquadrate, with a length three times its diameter, the third 

 one-half longer, slender, and the fourth a little longer and more 

 slender than the third. Mesonottmi greatly produced over the head, 

 reddish brown, the broad submedian lines, the posterior median 

 area and an irregular space at the base of the wings dark orange. 

 Scutellum pale yellowish, sparsely haired, postscutellum yellowish. 



