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color with the female and, although it had lost its antennae, is 
deemed worthy of description. Genitalia: Basal clasp segment 
rather long, slender; terminal clasp segment moderately short, 
stout; dorsal plate short, broad, deeply and rather narrowly 
emarginate, the lobes broad and tapering to a broadly rounded, 
sparsely setose apex; ventral plate long, broad, and broadly 
rounded apically; harpes long, slender, irregular apically. 
Luzon, Laguna Province, Los Banos, January 22, 1919, College 
of Agriculture accession No. 18419 (Uichanco ) . 
The small midges bore the following data: From panicles of 
Panicum carinatum Presl. Elevation about 50 meters. This 
insect is with little question undescribed and it is therefore 
characterized as new. 
Toxomyia bridelise sp. nov- 
Female. — Length, 1.5 millimeters. Antennae nearly as long 
as body, sparsely haired, light brown, of 14 segments, the fifth 
with the stems one-half the length of the cylindric basal enlarge- 
ment, which latter has a length about two and one-half times its 
diameter, a sparse whorl of stout setae, a broad subapical whorl, 
thicker on one surface, of stout setae and low circumfila at the 
basal third and apically. Terminal segment produced, with a 
length over four times its diameter, and a short, stout, rudi- 
mentary fifteenth segment. Palpi, first segment roundly quad- 
rate, second with a length twice its diameter, third one-half 
longer than second, slenderer, fourth a little longer than third 
and somewhat dilated. Mesonotum reddish brown. Scutellum 
yellowish brown, postscutellum dark reddish brown. Abdomen 
light brown. Wings hyaline, subcosta uniting with margin near 
basal third, the third vein just beyond apex and the fifth joining 
posterior margin at the distal third, its branch near the basal 
third. Halteres yellowish basally, yellowish brown apically. 
Legs mostly dark straw. Claws moderately long, strongly 
curved, the anterior unidentate, the pulvilli as long as the claws. 
Ovipositor about one-fourth the length of abdomen, the terminal 
lobes narrowly triangular, with a length over twice the width, 
the narrowly rounded apex with a few coarse setae. 
Type. — Cecid. a3049, New York State collection. 
Luzon, Laguna Province, Los Banos, January 2, 1919, College 
of Agriculture accession No. 18146 {TJichanco) . 
Two specimens of this midge were received with the accom- 
panying data: Gall makers on leaves of Bridelia stipularis (L.) 
Blume. Elevation about 50 meters. 
