262 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



R. fausta Osten Sacken. 



Me. — Orono, June 25. N. H. — Mt. Washington, summit, July 



10; Bretton Woods, June 28. 

 Mass. — -Truro. 



The larvae infest cherries. 



R. suavis (Loew). 



Mass. — Amherst (Bahh). Conn. — . 



The larva lives in the husk of the Black Walnut {Juglans 

 nigra) . 



Procecidochares Hendel, 14-91 {Oedaspis Loew, in part). 



P. atra (Loew). 



Me. — Machias, July 21. N. H. — Hampton (Shaw). 

 Mass. — Magnolia, Oct. 7, 1911 (Cora i/. CZar/ce) ; Sherborn, July 

 26 (C. A. Frost). Conn.—. 



P. polita (Loew). 



Mass.— Southbridge, Aug. 27. R. I. — Kingston, June 17 (Bar- 

 low). Conn. — New Haven , May 31 (Britton). 

 The larvae form leafy rosette galls on Solidago altissima. 



P. setigera (Coquillett). 



Mass.— Avon, June 14. R. I. — Kingston, June 17 (Barlow); 

 Bristol. 



P. penelope (Osten Sacken). 



Mass. — Chester, Aug. 4, and Westfield, Aug. 7, 1911. 



TereUia R.-Desvoidy {Trypeta of authors, not Meigen). 



T. palposa (Loew). 



Me.— 3, 5. July 8- Aug. 1. 



Mass.— 26, 29, 30, 31. R. 1—33. June 15-July 8. 



The larva lives in the flower buds of the Pasture Thistle 

 (Cirsium pumilum) . 



T. florescentiae (Linne). 



Me.— 2, 3, 4, 8, 10. Vt.— 16, 17, 18. July 8-Aug. 16. 



Mass.— 23, 26, 27. July 11-Aug. 8. 



The larvae live in the flower buds of the Canada Thistle (Cir- 

 sium arvense). 



T. vernoniae (Loew) . 



Mass. — Westport Factory, July 31, 1913, on the flower buds of 

 the Iron weed (Vernonia novehoracensis) . 



Neaspilota Osten Sacken. 

 N. alba (Loew). 



Mass.— Westport Factory, July 31. R.I.— Buttonwoods, June 15. 

 The larvae live in the flower buds of Iron weed. 



