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with fine hairs. Abdomen fuscous yellowish; legs rather dark 
brown, the ventral surface and base of femora paler. 
; Taken on hemlock at Lake Clear, N.Y. June 7, 1906. 
_ Type Cecid. 168a, N.Y. State Museum. 
Contarinia balsamifera n. sp. 
Male. ‘Length 1 mm. Antennae about twice as long as the 
body, thickly haired, light brown, 14 segments. Face yellowish 
brown; mesonotum dark brown, the posterior median area lighter, 
submedian lines yellowish. Scutellum yellowish carmine, post- 
scutellum and abdomen light yellowish red. Legs nearly uniform 
light brown, lighter ventrally, tarsi darker. 
Taken on balsam at Lake Clear, N.Y. June 7, 1906. 
Type Cecid. 143, 144, N.Y. State Museum. 
Contarinia sambucifolia n. sp. 
Male. Lengthr1mm. Antennae about twice the length of the 
body, thickly clothed with hairs, dark brown, yellowish basally, 
14 segments. Face pale yellowish; mesonotum dark brown, 
lighter posteriorly, submedian lines yellowish. Scutellum yellow- 
ish apically, postscutellum and abdomen pale salmon. Legs nearly 
uniform pale straw, irregularly tinged with carmine at the articu- 
lations, tarsi brownish dorsally. 
Taken on elder at Lake Clear, N.Y. vane 75900, 
Type Cecid. 153, N.Y. State Museum. 
Contarinia filicis n. sp. 
“Male. Length 2.5 mm. Antennae longer than the. body, 
thickly clothed with fine hairs, light brown, 14 segments. Meso- 
notum yellowish with a broad median area anteriorly, broad sub- 
lateral areas not quite extending to the anterior margin and 
scutellum slaty brown. Abdomen yellowish. Legs yellowish 
transparent ventrally, light brown dorsally, particularly the mid 
tibiae and tarsi. 
Taken on ferns at Karner, N.Y. May 16, 1906. 
Type Cecid. 20, N.Y. State Museum. 
Contarinia trifolii n. sp. 
Male. Length .75 mm. Antennae about twice the length of 
the body, thickly haired, light brown, 14 segments. Face yel- 
