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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. Len^^th 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 Soli dago 

 canadensis taken at iVsheville, N.C. September 16, 1906. 



Type Cecid. ai6o5, N.Y. State Museum. 



Rhopalomyia major n. sp. 



Male. Length 3 mm. Antennae longer than the bod}^ 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, S.L 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 i, 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 



