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numerous short scalelike hairs and moderately stout circumfila. 

 First segment of palpi short, quadrate; second with a length 

 about three times its diameter, moderately stout; third a little 

 longer and more slender. Mesonotum dark reddish brown, the 

 submedian lines sparsely haired. Scutellum and postscutellum 

 reddish brown. Abdomen dark reddish brown, sparsely haired. 

 Wings hyaline. Halteres whitish basad, fuscous apicad. An- 

 terior coxae dark brown, mid and posterior coxfe reddish brown. 

 Femora and tibiae mostly pale straw, tarsi reddish brown. Claws 

 moderately long, strongly curved, pulvilli a little shorter than 

 claws. Genitalia : Basal clasp segment very stout, short, broadly 

 rounded; terminal clasp segment very short, almost subglobose, 

 strongly chitinized and bidentate apicad; other structures ob- 

 scured in the preparation. 



Female. — Length, 2 millimeters. Antennae nearly as long 

 as body, reddish brown; 14 segments, length of fifth segment 

 nearly four times its diameter, thirteenth segment with a 

 length a little over twice its diameter, fourteenth with a length 

 about three-fourths its diameter. First segment of palpi prob- 

 ably subquadrate, second greatly produced with a length about 

 five times its diameter and somewhat fusiform apicad. Mesono- 

 tum slaty brown, the submedian lines sparsely haired. Scutel- 

 lum reddish brown. Postscutellum yellowish brown. Abdomen 

 dark brown, basal portion of ovipositor yellowish orange. Halt- 

 eres yellowish basad, fuscous apicad. Coxae dark brown, femora 

 and tibiae basad mostly yellowish brown, distal portion of tibiae 

 and tarsi dark brown. Ovipositor, when extended, about as 

 long as body, the dorsal pouch well developed. 



Exuviae with thoracic horns stout and heavily chitinized, and 

 with a rounded antennal margin finely and irregularly dentate. 

 (Described from a fragment.) 



Type. — Cecid. a2843. New York State collection; paratypes, 

 male and female. No. 18147, College of Agriculture. 



Luzon, Laguna, Mount Maquiling, 1917, College of Agricul- 

 ture accession No. 18147 (Uichanco) , reared from leaf galls 

 from Callicarpa erioclona Schauer. There was no description 

 of the gall. 



Schizomyia acalyphae sp. nov. 



Female. — Length, 1.5 millimeters. Antennae about one-half 

 the length of the body, dark brown, rather thickly short-haired, 

 basal segments yellowish; 14 subsessile segments; fifth seg- 

 ment with a very short stem; basal portion of second with a 

 length over three times its diameter, thickly clothed with rather 



