152 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Halteres yellowish brown. Legs mostly dark yellowish brown ; claws 

 moderately stout, strongly curved, simple, the pulvilli as long as the 

 claws. Ovipositor short, the lobes triarticulate, the distal segment 

 suborbicular. Yentrally, on the ninth segment, there is a pair of 

 submedian, fuscous, pyriform appendages. Type C. 1390. 



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Fig. 33 Palpus of Neocatocha marilandica, en- 

 larged. (Original) 



Fig 34 Claws of 

 Neocatocha ma- 

 rilandica, en- 

 larged. (Original) 



Neocatocha spinosa n. sp. 



This remarkable female was found in the National Museum col- 

 lection labeled " with specimens sent by A. R. Barber, December 

 16, 1873." 



female. Length 2 mm. Antennae extending nearly to the base 

 of the abdomen, sparsely haired, yellowish brown ; 10 segments, 

 the fifth with a short stem one-fourth the length of the oval basal 

 enlargement, which latter has a length fully one-half greater than 

 its diameter, a sparse basal whorl of long, stout setae and subapically 

 a partial whorl of thickly set, short, stout, curved spines ; terminal 

 segment reduced, with a length one-half greater than its diameter, 

 narrowly rounded apically. Palpi ; first segment short, subquadrate, 

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

 than the second, the fourth one-half longer than the third, dilated 

 apically. Ocelli present. Thorax dark brown. Abdomen yellowish 

 brown, the terminal segments dark brown. Ovipositor short, triar- 

 ticulate, the distal segment narrowly oval, thickly setose. Wings 

 hyaline, irridescent. Halteres and legs yellowish brown, the distal 

 tarsal segments darker. Claws stout, evenly curved, simple, the 

 pulvilli about one-third the length of the claws.- Type Cecid. 1415. 



Lithomyza Scudd. 



1877 Scudder, S. H. U. S. Geol. Geog. Surv. Terr. Bui. 3, p. 746 



1890 Tert. Ins. N. Amer., U. S. Geol. Geog. Surv. Terr. 



Rep't, v. 13, p. 600-01 



191 1 Felt, E. P. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour., 19:32 



