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with fine hairs. Abdomen fuscous yellowish; lej^^s ratlier dark 

 brown, the ventral surface and base of femora paler. 



Taken on hemlock at Lake Clear, N.Y. June 7, 1906. 



Type Cecid. i68a, N.Y. State Museum. 



Contarinia balsamifera n. sp. 



Male. Length i 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 3^ellowish. Scutellum yellowish carmine, post- 

 scutellum and abdomen light yellowish red. Legs nearly uniform 

 light brown, lighter A^entrally, 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. Length i mm. 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, irregularl}^ tinged with carmine at the articu- 

 lations, tarsi brownish dorsally. 



Taken on elder at Lake Clear, N.Y. June 7, 1906. 



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- 



