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L. viburnicola Beut. Ft. Lee district; galls on branches of arrowwood, 

 "Viburnum dentatum" X-VI (Bt) ; Staten Island (Ft). 



L. vitinea Felt. Staten Island VI, 15; obpyriform, slightly curved gall on 

 leaf petiole of grape (Ft). 



L. vitis O. S. Throughout the State, local on grape, V, VI (Sm) ; makes 

 swellings on stems and leaf galls of wild grapes (Bt). 



CHORISTONEURA Rubs. 



C. hibisci Felt. Staten Island IV; gall on stem of marshmallow, "Hibis- 

 cus moschatus" (Ft). 



C. eupatorii Felt. Staten Island V; oval gall on stem of "Eupatorium" 



(Ft). 



RHABDOPHAGA Westw. 



R. batatas Walsh. Montclair, Ft. Lee district; galls on twigs of "Salix 

 discolor" and allied species of willow (Bt) ; Staten Island (Ds). 



R. ramuscula Felt. Staten Island, from willow twigs showing little or no 

 swelling (Ft). 



R. brass! co ides Walsh. Greenwood Lake, Montclair, Ft. Lee district 

 VII-IX, galls on branches of willow (Bt). 



R. rigidae O. S. Montclair, Ft. Lee district, galls on low willows (Bt) ; 

 Staten Island (Ds). 



R. salicifolia Felt. New Jersey district (Bt) ; bred from a pouch gall 

 on "Spiraea salicifolia" VI (Ft). 



R. strobiloides O. S. Del. Water Gap VI (Jn) ; Greenwood Lake, Mont- 

 clair, Orange Mts., Englewood, Ft. Lee and g. d., galls on tip of 

 branches of low willows VIII-V (Bt). 



DASYNEURA Rond. 



D. gleditschiae O. S. Sometimes common locally on leaves of honey 



locust, "Gleditschia triacanthos" VI (Bt) ; New Brunswick (Sm). 



D. grossulariae Fitch. New Jersey district; larva in gooseberries (Bt). 



D. hirtipes O. S. Ft. Lee district, Carlstadt; gall on fragrant golden- 

 rod, "Solidago graminifolia" VI, VII (Bt). 



D. leguminicola Lint. The clover-seed midge; more or less common 

 throughout the State; but scarcely injurious because not much clover- 

 seed is raised, and the value of the crop for hay is not affected. If 

 clover-seed is wanted it is necessary to cut an early crop of flowers 

 for hay and make seed from the later flowers. 



D. coryli Felt. Reared from corrugated leaves of "Corylus" at West 

 Nyack, N. Y. (Ft). 



D. rhois Coq. New Jersey district; gall on roots of poison ivy (Bt). 



D. pseudacacias Fitch. Ft. Lee district (Bt); New Brunswick, common 

 on leaves of locust, "Robinia pseudacacia" (Sm). 



