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ment short, subcylindric, tapering, broadly rounded. Palpi; first 

 segment subquadrate, the second nearly twice as long as the pre- 

 ceding, the third one-half longer than the second, and the fourth a 

 Httle longer than the third. Face fuscous. Mesonotum dark 

 brown, the submedian lines sparsely haired. Scutellum reddish 

 brown, postscutellum slaty brown. Abdomen dark brown, mem- 

 brane and pleurae yellowish; genitalia dark brown. Wings hya- 

 line, costa dark brown. Halteres pale yellowish. Coxae fuscous 

 yellowish. Legs mostly dark brown ; claws slender, strongly curved. 

 Genitalia ; basal and terminal clasp segments stout ; dorsal plate 

 broad; ventral plate narrow; both deeply incised. Harpes stout, 

 convolute, the edges irregularly serrate. Type Cecid. 744. 



Dasyneura pedalis Felt 

 1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 350 

 This dark brown form was taken in a trap lantern at Newport, 

 N. Y., June 27, 1906. 



Male. Length i mm. Antennae longer than the body, sparsely 

 haired, dark brown, yellowish basally; 17 segments, the fifth with 

 a stem one-quarter longer than the basal enlargement, which latter 

 has a length two and one-half times its diameter ; terminal seg- 

 ment short, suboval. Palpi ; the first segment short, stout, the sec- 

 ond one-half longer, stout, the third one-half longer than the sec- 

 ond, more slender, the fourth a little longer and more slender than 

 the third. Face yellowish. Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian 

 lines obscurely yellowish. Scutellum deep reddish brown, with 

 sparse apical setae, postscutellum reddish yellow. Abdomen ? 

 nearly uniform dark brown, the basal segments somewhat darker, 

 sparsely clothed with fine setae. Wings hyaline, costa light brown. 

 Halteres pale yellowish basally, slightly fuscous apically. Legs 

 nearly uniform dark brown with a fuscous tinge at the articula- 

 tions ; claws long, stout. Genitalia ; basal clasp segment stout ; 

 terminal clasp segment short, stout ; dorsal plate broad, deeply and 

 triangularly incised ; ventral plate long, narrow, deeply and roundly 

 incised. Harpes subtriangular, irregularly truncate. Type Cecid. 

 410. 



Dasyneura serrulatae O. S. 



1862 Osten Sacken, C. R. Monogr. Dipt. N. Am., i iigS (Cecidomyia) 

 1891 Riley, C. V. & Howard, L. O. Insect Life, 4:125 

 1893 Townsend, C. H. T. Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc, 2:388-89 (Cecidomyia) 

 1900 Smith, J. B. List of Insects N. J., p. 621 (Cecidomyia) 



1906 Felt, E. P. Insects Affect. Prk. & Wdld. Trees, 2:750 



1907 Jarvis, T. D. Ent. Soc. Ont. 37th Rep't, p. 68 



1908 Felt, E P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 351 



1909 Jarvis, T. D. Ent. Soc. Ont. 39th Rep't, p. y6 



1910 'Stebbins, F. A. Springf. Mus. Nat. Hist. Bui. 2, p. 16. 



