l6o NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



tooth at the base of the well-marked stout one. Genitalia; basal 

 clasp segment stout; terminal clasp segment stout, broad, irregularly 

 triangular. Dorsal plate very broad, the lobes nearly truncate; 

 ventral plate deeply emarginate, the lobes broadly rounded and 

 widely separated. Harpes stout, convolute, truncate. Harpagones 

 rather narrow, stout, apparently fused distally into a median chitinous 

 spur and each bearing at its lateral posterior angle a stout, bifurcate 

 process, each branch broadly rounded; st^de slender, broadly rounded. 

 Type Cecid. 336. 



Asynapta apicalis Felt 



1914 Felt, E, P. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour. 22:127 



The male was taken August 24, 1909 by Mr C. P. Alexander in 

 a quarry at Woodworth's lake in the x\dirondacks, elevation 1540 

 feet. It is related to A. furcata Felt 



As5aiapta mediana Felt 



1914 Felt, E. P. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour. 22:128 



The male was taken August 28, 1909 by Mr C. P. Alexander in a 

 quarry at Woodworth's lake in the Adirondacks, altitude 1540 feet- 

 It is allied to A. apicalis Felt. 



Asynapta umbra Felt 

 1914 Felt, E. P. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour. 22:128 



The midge was taken by Mr C. P. Alexander in Johnstown Cem 

 etery August 6, 1909. It is related to A. flavida Felt. 



Asynapta flavida Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 421 



A male was taken on a window at Nassau N. Y. July 6, 1906. 



Male. Length 2 mmi. Antennae nearly as long as the body, 

 sparsely haired, fuscous straw, yellowish basaUy; 18 segments, the 

 fifth with a stem three-fourths the length of the ovate basal enlarge- 

 ment, which latter has a length about twice its diameter; terminal 

 segment produced, irregularly conic, with a length twice its diameter, 

 occasionally fused with the preceding. Palpi; first segment with 

 a length three times its diameter, incrassate, the second as long as 

 the first, sub quadrate, the third one-half longer than the second, 

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

 third. Face pale j^ellowish. IMesonotum dark brown, the sub- 

 median lines narrow, yellomsh. Scutellum pale yeUomsh with 

 sparse apical setae, postscutellum fuscous yellowish. Abdomen 

 a nearly uniform light A'ellomsh, slightly tinged with orange basaUy; 

 genitalia fuscous, sparsely setose. Wings hyaline, membrane 

 thickly red-haired, costa Hght brown. Halteres yeUo-^dsh trans- 

 parent. Coxae or basal portion of femora pale 3"eUo'udsh, the distal 

 part of femora and tibiae fuscous straw, the tarsi slightly darker; 

 claws long, evenly cun^ed, unidentate, the pulvilU as long as the 

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



