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Cecidomyia excavata n. sp. 



Male. Length .75 mm. Antennae longer than the body, rather 

 thickly clothed with short, dark brown setae, pale straw color, 14 

 segments. Face yellowish white; mesonotmn reddish brown with 

 distinct submedian yellowish lines sparsely clothed with setae. 

 Scutellum yellow, tipped with carmine, postscutellum yellow. Ab- 

 domen pale, reddish yellow with slightly fuscous areas dorsally on 

 the second and third segments. Legs variably brown tinged with 

 reddish, lighter ventrally, the anterior and mid tarsi distinctly 

 darker than the posterior. 



Taken on soft maple at Albany, N.Y. May 21, 1906. 



Type Cecid. 65, N.Y. State Museum. 



Cecidomyia carolinae n. sp. 



Male. Length i mm. Antennae J longer than the body, thickly 

 haired, fuscous yellowish, lighter basally, 14 segments. Face fuscous 

 yellowish; mesonotum dark brown, submedian lines indistinct. 

 Scutellum black or very dark brown, postscutellum dark brown. 

 Abdomen pale yellowish, basal segments dark brown or black dor- 

 sally, the terminal segments shaded with orange. Legs a variable 

 light fuscous yellow basally, basal tarsal segments somewhat darker 

 than the distal ones. 



Bred October 5, 1906, from gall on Solidago canadensis 

 taken at Asheville, N.C. September 17, 1906. 



Type Cecid. ai636, N.Y. State Museum. 



Cecidomyia tsugae n. sp. 



Male. Length i mm. Antennae twice as long as the body, 

 thickly clothed with fine hairs, Hght brown, yellowish basally, 

 14 segments. Face yellowish; mesonotum dark brown, lighter 

 posteriorly, submedian lines yellowish. Scutellum yellowish ap- 

 ically, rather thickly clothed with fine hairs. Abdomen fuscous 

 yellowish. Legs rather dark brown, ventral surface and base of 

 femora paler. 



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



Type Cecid. i68b, N.Y. State Museum. 



