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segment slightly prolonged, broadly rounded distally. Palpi ; the 

 first segment subqiiadrate, slightly incrassate, the second suboval, a 

 little longer, the third one-half longer than the second, the fourth 

 a little longer than the third ; face reddish brown. Mesonotum 

 dark brown, submedian lines clothed with fine hairs. Scutellum 

 reddish brown, postscutellum and abdomen dark reddish. Wings 

 hyaline, costa reddish brown ; halteres yellowish transparent. Legs 

 a nearly uniform pale brown ; claws slender, slightly curved. Ovi- 

 positor three-fourths the length of the body, terminal lobe long, 

 slender, broadly rounded. Type Cecid. 128. 



Dasyneura spiraeina Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 341. 



This species was taken June 4, 1906 on Spiraea at Karner, N. Y. 



Female. Length i mm. Antennae scarcely extending to the base 

 of the abdomen, sparsely haired, dark brown; 13 subcylindric seg- 

 ments, the fifth with a length two and one-half times its diameter; 

 terminal segment slightly prolonged, suboval. Palpi ; the first seg- 

 ment short, subquadrate, the second about as long, oval, the third 

 slender, twice the length of the second, the fourth a little longer than 

 the third, flattened ; face dark brown. Mesonotum dark brown, 

 submedian lines ornamented with fine hairs. Scutellum, postscutel- 

 lum and abdomen reddish brown. Wings hyaline, costa dark brown ; 

 halteres pale reddish transparent basally, whitish transparent 

 apically. Legs nearly uniform pale brown, tarsi slightly darker ; 

 claws slender, uniformly curved. Ovipositor probably nearly as 

 long as the body, terminal lobes long, slender, probably broadly 

 rounded. Type Cecid. 133. 



Dasyneura graminis Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 342 



This female was captured while ovipositing in red-top or June 

 grass, Agrostis vulgaris, at Albany, N. Y., June 9, 1907. 

 The midges were observed in numbers, May 29 and 31, 1908, 

 at Kinderhook and Poughkeepsie respectively, ovipositing in June 

 grass. The fragile adults would carefully insert the ovipositor be- 

 tween the glumes of the nodding heads. The females were very 

 intent upon their work and could be readily watched under a hand 

 lens. ! :^ ■ ' 



Female. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae extending to the second 

 abdominal segment, sparsely haired, brown; 13 subsessile segments, 

 the fifth with a length about twice its diameter ; terminal segment 

 greatly produced, apparently composed of two closely fused seg- 

 ments, broadly rounded apically. Palpi ; the first segment short, 

 stout, subquadrate, slightly swollen basally, the second a little longer, 

 stouter, the third one-half longer than the second, more slender, the 



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