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The confusion of nomenclature and classification in the European Porricondylinae was largely cleared up by the excellent revisionary work of Panelius (1965). There are, however, still many unidentified species listed in his revision owing to the destruction of types and the inadequacy of many original descriptions. Recently, we have had an opportunity to examine De Meijere’s type specimens kept in the Zoölogisch Museum, University of Amsterdam. Because the specimens were not kept in good condition for examination, we dissected some parts of the specimens and remounted them by using Berlese medium. The following are redescriptions of two porricondyline gall midges described by De Meijere (1901, 1906). In particular, detailed examination of the male genitalia has furnished us with much information about their generic position.

In 1959, Dr. H. A. VAN HOOF, being detached at the time as virologist to the Agricultural Experiment Station in Paramaribo, Surinam, sent to me a small collection of Cecidomyids for identification. The midges were bred from leaf galls on Hura crepitans L. and on Manihot utilissima Pohl. An examination showed that the gall midge from Hura was undescribed. According to HARRIS’ classification (1966), it belongs to the subfamily Cecidomyiinae, supertribe Cecidomyiidi, tribe Contariini. It resembles most the genus Zeuxidiplosis; however, it is different because of the wing venation, the insertion of the third palp segment, the somewhat triangular lobes of the ovipositor and because the female antennal segments do not have long necks and long circumfilar loops. Therefore I should like to introduce a new genus, Huradiplosis, based on the host plant on which the type-species occurs.