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type of gall may occur in clusters about the base of the stems of 

 Solidago juncea. (Plate 9, figures i, 2. Plate 12, figure 2). 

 See New York State Museum Bulletin 97 for a description of the 

 midge, and Museum Bulletin 175, plate 4 figure 11, for a colored 

 illustration of this gall. The male genitalia are illustrated on Plate 

 19, figure 2. 



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58. Rhopalomyia hirtipes; fifth antenna! segment of female, 

 and claw with the apex of the tarsus, enlarged (original) 



Rhopalomyia uniformis n. nom. 



1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. no, p. 160-61 (Hormomyia 

 truncata) 



This large midge, closely allied to R. hirtipes O. S., though 

 probably distinct therefrom, was taken by Mr J. G. Jack near 

 Boston, Mass. 



Male. Length 3 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, 

 thickly haired, pale ^^ellowish; 23 segments, the fifth with a stem 

 one-half the length of the basal enlargement; terminal segment 

 hardl}' reduced. Palpi; first segment subquadrate, mth a length 

 one-fourth greater than its diameter, the second probably twice 

 the length of the third, tapering. Mesonotum a nearty imiform dark 

 reddish brown, submedian Hnes indistinct. ScuteUtim yello-^dsh 

 red, postscutellum slightly yellowish basally, reddish 3'ellow distally. 

 Abdomen thickly clothed with long, fuscous hairs, reddish yellow, 

 the genitalia dark orange. Halteres yellowish basally, fuscous 

 apicall}-. Legs a variable dark brown and reddish yellow, the distal 

 tarsal segments mostly reddish yellow; claws slender, evenly cur\^ed, 

 the pul villi as long as the claws. Genitalia; basal clasp segment 

 stout, distinctly lobed, terminal clasp segment long, slender, hardly 

 swollen; dorsal plate broad, broadly" and roundl}^ emarginate; 

 ventral plate tapering, roundly tnincate, both setose. (Plate 

 iS, figure 3). Type Cecid. 817. 



