156 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Colpodia carolinae Felt 



T()07 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. no, p. 145 (separate, p. 49) (Porri- 



eomlyla) 

 190S N. Y. State ]\Ius. Bui. 124, p. 417 



One male was taken on the ^^'indow of a forest hut at Da^^.dson's 

 River, N. C, September 26, 1906. 



Male. Length i .3 mm. Antennae one-half longer than the body , 

 sparsely haired, yelkwish brown, yellowish basally; 16 segments, the 

 fifth with, a stem t\^'ice the length of the basal eylindric enlargement, 

 the latter ^^^th a length hardly tmee its diameter; tenninal segment 

 subcorneal. Palpi; the first segment eurved, slender and about as 

 long as the slightly stouter second and the subequal third, the fourth 

 nearly t^^■ice the length of the third. Face yellomsh. Mesonotum 

 fuscous yellowish, submodian lines yclkwish, the area between the 

 submcdian lines distinctly lighter than the siiblateral areas. Scutel- 

 lum reddish brown, postscutclhmi yellowish. Abdomen fuscous 

 ycllo\\ish, genitalia slightly fuscous. Wings (Plate 4, figure 2) 

 hyaline, costa light bro^^m. Haltcres >'cllo\\'ish basally, fuscous 

 apicalh'. Legs a nearly- uniform yellowish fuscous, claws probably 

 simple. Genitalia, basal clasp segment stout, obliquely truncate; 

 terminal clasp segment rather stout, mth a conspicuous subapical 

 spine. Dorsal plate slender, deeply emarginate, the lobes broadlj^ 

 roimdcd, ventral plate obliquely naiTOwed posteriorh-, deeply em- 

 arginate, the lobes subacute. Harpes lieaAily chitinized distally, 

 AN-ith a strongly curved, sublatcral tooth and an equally heavy sub- 

 nuxlian chitinoiis tooth; style strongly curved. (^ Plate 5, figtire i). 

 'r>-pe Cecid. ai024. 



Colpodia capitata Felt 



1014 Felt, E. P. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour. -^-^:i25 



The midge is easily separated from the allied C. carolinae 

 Felt by the longer basal enlargement of the flagellate antennal seg- 

 ments and the pecidiar genitalia. It was taken August 1909 by ]\Ir 

 C. P. .Vlexander at Woodworth's lake in the Adirondacks, altitude 

 1550 feet. A detailed description is given in the citation above. 



Colpodia pectinata Felt 



1Q07 Felt, E. P. New Species of Cecidomyiidae II, p. 23 i^Bryocn-ptal 

 1 90S N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 304 



This peculiar species was reared at Albany, N. Y., Augiist S, 1907 

 from a jar containing basswood, Till a a m e r i c a n a , leaves 

 bearing iiTcgiilar, subglobular swellings at the base or along the 

 midrib. It is probable that this insect emerged from the debris 

 in the iar. 





