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Female. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae short, sparsely haired, dark 

 brown, 10 segments, the fourth with a length about three-fourths its 

 diameter, greatly dilated near the basal third and roundly tapering 

 to the broad apex ; terminal segment produced, strongly constricted 

 near the distal third and broadly rounded.' 

 Palpi ; the first segment long, expanded distally 

 and with a conspicuous sense organ on the in- 

 ternal distal third, second segment nearly as 

 long as the first, more slender, the third one- 

 half longer and more slender than the second, 

 the fourth one-half longer and more slender 

 than the third. Entire body nearly uniform 

 dark brown. Wings hyaline, costa dark brown. 

 Halteres presumably fuscous. Legs presum- 

 ably a fuscous brown; claws, simple, the pulvilli Fig 26. Fourth and 

 a little shorter than the claws. Ovipositor fifth antennal seg- 

 short, the terminal lobes indistinctly triarticu- merits of Micro- 

 late, the basal segment indistinct, the second c erata p e r - 

 broadly rounded, the third irregularly oval, p 1 e x a , enlarged. 

 Type Cecid. 1375. ^Original) 



Microcerata borealis n. sp. 

 This species was taken by Mr D. B. Young at Speculator, N. Y., 

 July 27, 1909. 



Male. Length 1.25 mm. Antennae extending to the base of •the 

 anterior coxae, sparsely haired, dark brown ; 10 segments, the fifth 

 subglobose, slightly pyriform, with a length slightly greater than its 

 diameter. Terminal segment subcylindric, with a length two and 

 one-half times its diameter. Palpi ; the first segment stout, rec- 

 tangular, with a length twice its diameter, the second a little longer, 

 swollen distally, the third a little shorter than the second, narrowly 

 triangular, the fourth one-half longer than the second, irregular, 

 compressed: Thorax and abdomen a nearly uniform dark brown. 

 Wings hyaline, costa light brown. Halteres yellowish brown ; coxae 

 dark brown ; femora, tibiae and tarsi a dark yellowish brown ; claws 

 long, evenly curved, the pulvilli as long as the claws. Genitalia ; 

 basal clasp segment long, tapering; terminal clasp segment rather 

 stout, recurved apically ; dorsal plate long, tapering, narrowly 

 rounded ; ventral plate divided, the lobes divergent, roundly trun- 

 cate and thickly setose; style long, slender. Type Cecid. 1374. 



Microcerata texana n. sp. 



This species was taken at Piano, Texas, July 1907 by Mr E. S. 

 Tucker. 



Male. Length 1.25 mm. Antennae hardly extending to the base 

 of the abdomen, thickly haired, fuscous brown, composed of 11 



