REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1906 IZ] 
scutellum yellowish red; abdomen yellowish red, thickly haired, 
basal segments somewhat fuscous. Genitalia reddish; coxae 
fuscous yellowish; femora, tibiae and tarsi mostly a variable reddish. 
Female. Length 2.5 mm. Antennae composed of 18 segments. 
Other characters about as in the male. Ovipositor when extended 
nearly as long as the body. 
Bred from subglobular turnip-shaped bud galls on Solidago 
canadensis taken at Asheville, N.C. September 16, 1906. 
Type Cecid. ar605, N.Y. State Museum. 
Rhopalomyia major n. sp. 
Male. Length 3 mm. Antennae longer than the body, rather 
thickly clothed with whorls of long whitish hairs, the body of the 
segments dark brown, 22-23 segments. Face yellowish brown; 
mesonotum a nearly uniform dark brown, submedian lines distinct 
with fuscous hairs and similar hairs on the lateral margin. Scutel- 
lum and postscutellum yellowish brown, the later fuscous laterally. 
Abdomen yellowish brown, rather thickly clothed with long fuscous 
hairs. Legs brownish black, the femero-tibio articulation tinged 
with reddish; tarsi dark brown. 
Taken in trap lantern at Huguenot Park, $.1. May 31, 1906. 
Type Cecid. 90, N.Y. State Museum. 
Rhopalomyia acerifolia n. sp. 
Female. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae not extending to the base 
of the abdomen, sparsely haired, light brown, 12 segments. Face 
yellowish; mesonotum yellowish brown; abdomen light yellowish, 
slightly fuscous at the extremities. Legs with femora and tibiae 
yellowish transparent; tarsi dark brown, the anterior banded with 
yellowish at the basal articulations, the posterior with the basal 
segment yellowish. 
Taken in the vicinity of maple and other trees and vines at 
Albany, N.Y. May 1, 1906. 
Type Cecid. 38, N.Y. State Museum. 
Oligotrophus tiliaceus n. sp. 
Male. Length .75 mm. Antennae hardly reaching to the base 
of the abdomen, sparsely haired, dark brown, 12 segments. Face 
reddish brown; mesonotum dark brown, submedian lines distinct 
