REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST I917 IO5 



Mass., June 2, 19 10. Miss Clarke characterized these galls as 

 cabbage galls or lettuce galls and so far as we could determine they 

 did not differ materially in appearance from a moderately large bud 

 gall on this plant such as that made by Clinodiplosis 

 c 1 a r k e i Felt. The adult is described elsewhere, see the above 

 citation. 



Gall. Length 7 mm, diameter 3 mm. This deformity appeared 

 to be an ordinary bud gall and did not present any specially charac- 

 teristic features. 



Contarinia truncata Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 393 



The midges were taken at Albany, N. Y., being driven from 

 shelter by stirring up dead leaves May 25, 1907. 



Male. Length .75 mm. Antennae fully one-half longer than the 

 body, thickly haired, light fuscous yellowish; 14 segments, the fifth 

 with stems one and one and one-half times their diameters, respectively ; 

 terminal segment, basal portion of the stem with a length one-half 

 its diameter, the distal enlargement greatly produced, broadly 

 fusiform and apically a short, stout appendage. Palpi; the first 

 segment short, stout, expanded distally, the second short, broadly 

 oval, the third one-half longer and more slender than the second, 

 the fourth one-half longer and more slender than the third; face 

 fuscous yellowish. Mesonotum dark brown, submedian lines rather 

 thickly clothed with fine hairs. vScutellum dark fuscous yellowish, 

 postscutellum a little darker. Abdomen light brown, third and fourth 

 segments tinged with dark brown. Wings hyaline, costa light brown ; 

 halteres yellowish transparent; legs a variable fuscous yellow, 

 extremities of the femora slightly fuscous, the tarsi variably tinged 

 with carmine at the articulations; claws long, slender, evenly curved, 

 the pulvilli a little shorter than the claws. Genitalia; dorsal plate 

 short, stout, deeply and narrowly emarginate, the lobes roundly 

 truncate. Type Cecid. 1202. 



Contarinia clematidis Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 393 



This species was reared August 12, 1907 from an irregular, sub- 

 globular gall taken on Virgins bower, Clematis virginiana, 

 at Newport, N. Y., July 24, 1907. 



Gall. It is an irregular, subglobular mass about i cm in diameter, 

 composed of the deformed or enlarged bases of rudimentary leaves. 

 The gall is green, slightly hoary, and usually occurs in the axil of a 

 leaf. 



Male. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae as long as the body, thickly 

 haired, light brown, basally straw colored; 14 segments, the fifth with 

 stems one and three times their diameters respectively; terminal 



