148 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Female. Length i nini. Antennae about as long as the body, 

 sparsely haired, dark bro\\ii; 12 segments, the fourth with a short 

 stem one-foiuth the length of the subcylindric basal portion; ter- 

 minal segment prolonged, subcylindric, one-half longer than the 

 preceding. Palpi; the first segment short, subquadrate. the second 

 rather long, slender basally, swollen distally, the third two-thirds 

 the length of the second, stoiit. narrowly oval, the fourth a little 

 shorter and more slender than the third, the fifth one-half longer 

 than the fourth, broad, flattened. ]Mesonotimi dark bro^^^l. Scutel- 

 luin deep carmine, postscutellum reddish. Abdomen reddish brown, 

 fighter distaUy. Legs a nearly unifonn pale bro^\^i; claws stout, 

 strongly curved, sfightly swollen at the distal fourth, simple. 0\n- 

 positor short, lobes bia,rticulate, basal . portion subquadrate, distal 

 part suborbicular. Type Cecid. 570. 



Colpodia temeritatis Felt 



190S Felt, E. P. X. Y. State :Mu:^. B.il. i:?4. p. 416 



Described from a female reared September 9, 1907 apparently 

 from ash,' Fraxinus, leaves bearing a purplish green, subglobular gall 

 some 5mm in diameter, taken near Albany. This gall appears to 

 be the one Osten Sacken originally described tmder the name of 

 C. pellex. It is very doubtful if this insect is the true cause of 

 the deformity. 



Female. Length 2 mm. Antennae one-half the length of the 

 body, sparsely haired, reddish brown, yello\\ish basally; 12 segments, 

 the fifth -^A-itii a stem one-half the length of the somewhat stout 

 basal enlargement, which latter has a length three times its diameter, 

 terminal segment greatly produced, ^^ith a length six times its 

 diameter and e^-idently composed of two closely fused segments. 

 Palpi; first segment rather stout, rectangular, the second one-half 

 longer than the first, the third a little longer and more slender than 

 the second, the foiuth one-half longer and more slender than the 

 third. Face yello-^ish. ]Mesonotum brownish yellow, the broad 

 submedian fines yellowish. Scutelltim bro\\ifish red, postscuteUvmi 

 pale yeUowish. Abdomen pale reddish yellow. Wings rather broad, 

 hyaline, costa fuscous yeUov\ish. Halteres pale orange, yello\sT.sh 

 basafiy. Coxae pale yellowish ; femora, tibiae and tarsi fight fuscous 

 yellowish; claws strongly ctuA'ed, simple, the piil^ilfi longer than the 

 claws. Ovipositor short, terminal lobe narrowiy oval. Type Cecid. 

 ai546b. 



Colpodia sylvestris Felt 



1914 Felt, E. P. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour. 22:126 



This midge, alfied to C. temeritatis Felt, was taken in 

 August 1909 b}'' Mr C. P. Alexander at Woodworth's lake in the 

 Adirondacks at an altitude of 1550 feet. A detailed description is 

 given in the citation above. 



