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rather strongly curved. Genitalia; dorsal plate broad, slightly 

 emarginate. the lobes obliquely truncate. Type Cecid. 350. (See 

 plate 6, fig. 3) 



Contarinia sambucifolia Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. no, p. 131; separate, p. 35 



1908 ^-^— ^— N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 392 



The species was taken on elder, Sambucus canadensis, 



at Lake Clear, N. Y., June 7, 1906. 



Male. Length i mm. Antennae about twice the length of the 

 body, thickly haired, dark brown, yellowish basally; 14 segments, 

 the fifth with stems two and two and one-half times their diameters, 

 respectively. Palpi ; the first segment short, narrowly oval, the second 

 longer, broadly oval, the third twice the length of the preceding, 

 more slender, the fourth about twice the length of the third, more 

 slender; face pale yellowish. Mesonotum dark brown, lighter 

 posteriorly, submedian lines yellowish. Scutellum yellowish apically, 

 postscutellum and abdomen pale salmon. Wings hyaline, costa 

 light brown; hal teres yellowish transparent. Legs nearly uniform 

 pale straw, irregularly tinged with carmine at the articulations; 

 tar.si brownish dorsally; claws slender, uniformly curved. Genitalia; 

 dorsal plate broad, short, deeply and triangularly incised, the lobes 

 with the internal two-thirds obliquely truncate, the external portion 

 broadly rounded. Type Cecid. 153. 



Contarinia viridiflava Felt 

 1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 392 

 This species was taken on thistle at Albany, N. Y., July 17, 1906. 



Male. Length 1.25 mm. Antennae one-half longer than the 

 body, thickly haired; 14 segments, the fifth with stems two and 

 one-half and three times their diameters, respectively. Palpi; the 

 first segment rather long, stout, expanded distally, the second about 

 as long as the first, narrowly oval, the third one-half longer than the 

 second, more slender, the fourth a little longer than the third, more 

 slender. Mesonotum fuscous, with yellowish submedian lines. 

 Abdomen greenish yellow. Wings hyaline, costa pale straw; halteres 

 and legs probably pale straw; claws long, slender, strongly curved, 

 the pul villi a little longer than the claws. Genitalia; dorsal plate 

 short, broad, deeply and narrowly emarginate, the lobes irregularly 

 rounded. Type Cecid. 606. 



Contarinia spiraeina Felt 

 191 1 Felt, E. P. Econ. Ent. Jour., 4:547-48 



The yellowish red midges were reared April 6, 191 1 from bud 

 galls on vSpiraea collected by Miss Cora H. Clarke at Magnolia, 



