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dd Fifth antennal segment with a stem one-quarter 

 longer than the basal enlargement, the latter 

 with a length two and one-half times its diam- 

 eter 

 c Abdomen dark brown ; scutellum reddish brown, 

 the ventral plate broadly and roundly emarg- 



inate pedal is Felt, C. 410 



ec Abdomen dark brown ; scutellum reddish brown, 



the ventral plate deeply and roundly emarginate. 



Reared from clusters of root leaves of solidago 



radifolii Felt, C. aigii 



bbbbbbbb 18 antennal segments 



c Antennal segments sessile ; females 



d Abdomen reddish brown. Reared from apical bud 



gall on alder s e r r u 1 a t a e O. S., C. 876 



cc Antennal segments stemmed ; males 



d Fifth antennal segment with a stem as long as the 

 basal enlargement, the latter with a length twice 

 its diameter : abdomen reddish l)rown. Reared 



from apical bud gall on alder 



s e r r u 1 a t a e O. S., C. 876 



dd Fifth antennal segment with a length one-fourth 



greater than the basal enlargement, the latter with 



a length one-half greater than its diameter ; abdomen 



dark brown. Reared from small strobiloides bud 



galls on willow gemmae Felt, C- ai937a 



bbbbbbbbb 19 antennal segments 



c Abdomen reddish ; male, the fifth antennal segment with 

 a stem one-quarter longer than the basal enlargement, 

 the latter with a length twice its diameter ; female, the 

 fifth antennal segment with a length thrice its diameter. 



Reared from axillary galls on Hypericum mutilum 



t o w e r i Felt, C. ai883 



Dasyneura rhodophaga Coq. 



1899 Riley, C. V. and Howard, L. O. Insect Life, i -.284. Injuries (as 

 Cecidomyia) 



1891 Insect Life, 3:294-95. Injuries (as Cecidomyia) 



1900 Coquillett, D. W. U. S. Dep't Agric, Div. Ent. Bui. 22 n. s., 

 p. 44, 46, 47 (Neocerata) 



1904 Webster, F. M. 111. State Lab. Nat. Hist. Bui. 7. p. 15-25 (Neo- 

 cerata) 

 1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 349 

 1912 Davis, J. J. Ins. 111. 27th Rept., p. 106-113 (Neocerata) 



This species was fiirst brought to notice on account of its injuring 

 roses in association with Diplosis rosivora Coq., the attack 

 for some reason being confined to Meteor, Wooten, La France, 

 Madame Chatenay, Bride, Ivory and Golden Gate. The injury was 



