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Female. — Length 1.5 mm. Aiitemise extending to the third abdominal segment? 

 sparseh' haked, yellowish or dark brown, yellowish basaUy; 14 segments, the fifth 

 subsessile, cyhndric, with a length one-half gi'eater than its diameter, the terminal 

 segment somewhat reduced, broadly oval and with a length thi'ee-fom-ths greater 

 than its diameter. Palpi; the fu'st segment in-egularly subquadrate, the second 

 with a length a httle greater than twice its diameter, the thu-d one-haK longer than 

 the second, slender, the fomih one-half longer than the third, slender. Eyes black. 

 ^Nlesonotum dark brown, the sparsely haired submedian lines yellowish; in one speci- 

 men the mesonotum is fuscous yellowish. ScuteUum and postscuteUum yellowish. 

 Abdomen yellowish orange, the ovipositor about haU the length of the body, the 

 terminal lobes sparsely setose, slender, slightly constricted near the basal thu'd and 

 with a length about four times then- width. Halteres yellowish basally, shghtly 

 fuscous apically. Coxae, femora and tibise mostly pale straw, the tarsi mostly dark 

 bro"«Ti; claws slender, strongh' cm'ved, the pul^dUi as long as the claws. Type 

 Cecid. a2620. 



Asteromyia ? Iceviana Felt. — One female midge resembling, in a gen- 

 eral way at least, the male of this species, was reared from a similar 

 gall on Aster saggittifoUus, July 15, 1913, by Dr. A. Cosens, Toronto, 

 Ont., Can. 



Female. — Length, 1 mm. Antennae extending to the base of the abdomen, sparsely 

 haired, dark brown; at least 14 and probably 15 or 16 segments, the fifth with a length 

 about equal to its diameter. Palpi invisible in the preparation, prol^ably miiarticu- 

 late. Mesonotum shining black, the submedian lines sparsely hahed. ScuteUum 

 shining dark brown, sparsely haired apically, postscuteUum ^^eUowish bro^Ti. Abdo- 

 men a nearly uniform black, the thhd to sixth abdommal segments narrowly mar- 

 gined posteriorly with whitish scales. Wiags hyahne, the thii'd vein uniting with 

 the margin near the basal half. Halteres yeUowish, the club narrowly fuscous 

 basaUy. Coxse reddish brown; femora yeUowish basaUy, fuscous apicaUy.' Tibiae 

 and tarsi fuscous. Ovipositor about half the length of the abdomen, stout, the ter- 

 minal lobes orbicular, minor lobes linear, both thickly setose. Cecid. a2440. 



Feltiella davisi n. sp. — The small midges described below, tenta- 

 tively referred to this genus, were reared June 19, 1915, from catnip 

 leaves infested with Aphis gossypii Glov. and forwarded, June 15, hj 

 Dr. J. J. Davis of Lafayette, Ind. The adults present all the characters 

 of this genus, heretofore not recognized in America, except that the 

 palpi appear to be triarticulate, and even in this organ the terminal 

 segment is indistinctl}^ divided and apparently composed of two closeh^ 

 fused, probabl}^ rudimentary segments. 



Male. — Length, .8 mm. Antennae one-haU longer than the body, thickly hahed, 

 fuscous yeUowish; 14 segments, the fifth having the stems each with a length about 

 two and one-half times then diameters, the distal enlargement short and with a 

 length about one-fom-th gi-eater than its diameter; terminal segment wanting in the 

 preparation. Palpi; the fii'st segment hregularly quadrate, the second with a length 

 about one-half greater than its diameter, the third twice the length of the second, 

 fusiform and indistinctly divided. Mesonotum brownish yeUow. ScuteUum j-eUow, 

 postscuteUum fuscous yeUow. Abdomen mostly a Ught fuscous yellowish with a 

 reddish brown spot basaUy. Wings hyaline, the thu'd vein uniting with the margin 



