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second and the fourth twice as long as the third. Mesonotum 

 reddish brown. Scutellum and abdomen light yellowish brown, 

 the latter reddish brown apically. Wings hyaline, costa yellowish. 

 Halteres yellowish transparent Legs fuscous yellowish, the tarsi 

 lighter; claws long, evenly curved, unidentate, the pulvilli shorter 

 than the claws. Genitalia; basal clasp segment short, stout; ter- 

 minal clasp segment stout, greatly swollen, with a slender tooth 

 apically; dorsal plate long, deeply and narrowly incised, the lobes 

 narrowly rounded, ventral plate deeply and roundly emarginate, 

 the lobes narrowly rounded. Harpes apparently modified to form 

 slender, recurved, chitinous hooks. Type Cecid. 954. 



Holoneurus tarsalis n. sp. 



The yellowish male was reared August 15, 19 10 from pine needles 

 and other debris collected at the base of a large, white pine, P i n u s 

 strobus, recently defoliated by the pine sawfly, Lophyrus 

 a b b o t i i Leach, at North Creek, N. Y. 



Male. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae one-half longer than the body, 

 sparsely haired, fuscous brown, yellowish basally, the stems light 

 brown; 16 segments, the fifth with a stem one-half longer than the 

 basal enlargement, which latter has a length about twice its diameter, 

 terminal segment reduced, with a length three times its diameter, 

 narrowly rounded apically; mouth parts deep orange. Palpi yellow- 

 ish, the first and second segments presumably quadrate, the third 

 with a length about four times its diameter, the fourth with a length 

 nearly twice the third. Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian 

 lines yellowish, sparsely haired. Scutellum reddish orange, post- 

 scutellum and abdomen yellowish, the latter with an orange tint 

 basally and on the sixth and seventh segments; genitalia fuscous 

 yellowish. Costa pale straw. Halteres yellowish basally, fuscous 

 subapically, orange apically. Coxae pale yellowish; femora, tibiae 

 and tarsi a nearly uniform fuscous straw, the fourth and the fifth 

 segment basally, and the posterior tarsi mostly yellowish white. 

 Claws long, evenly curved, unidentate, the pulvilli as long as the 

 claws. Genitalia; basal clasp segment short, stout, obliquely trun- 

 cate; terminal clasp segment short, greatly swollen, with a slender 

 tooth apically; dorsal plate long, deeply, broadly and roundly emar- 

 ginate, the lobes narrowly rounded; ventral plate long, broadly and 

 roundly emarginate, the lobes narrowly rounded. Harpes rather 

 long, approximate, irregularly toothed; style short, slender. Type 

 ( Vcid. a2o6o. 



Holoneurus multinodus Felt 



[908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 420 



The midge was taken July 7, 1906 in a trap lantern at Nassau; 

 N. Y. 



Male. Length 3 mm. Antennae Longer than the body, sparsely 

 haired, fuscous yellowish, yellowish basally; 25 segments, the fifth 



