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about two and one-half times its diameter; terminal segment pro- 

 duced, slightly constricted at the basal third, enlarged at the distal 

 third and tapering strongly, narrowly rounded. Palpi; the first 

 segment long, slender, somewhat expanded distally, the second a 

 little longer and stouter than the first, the third as long as the second, 

 more slender. Face yellowish; thorax orange red, the center of the 

 mesonotum and the spot crossing the plurae and enlarging on the 

 sternum, black; abdomen orange red. Wings and legs as in the 

 opposite sex. Ovipositor longer than the body, bearing a pair of 

 long, slender lobes, the latter with a length fully five times their 

 width. Type Cecid. 972. 



Contarinia obesa n. sp. 

 This remarkable midge was taken May 8, 1909 in a pine woods 

 near Albany. It is easily distinguished by the stout, obese terminal 

 clasp segment without an appreciable apical spur. 



Male. Length 2 mm. Antennae a little longer than the body, 

 thickly haired, fuscous yellowish; 14 segments, the fifth with stems 

 one and one-half and three and one-half times their diameters respec- 

 tively; terminal segment with the distal enlargement broadly elliptical. 

 Palpi; first segment with a length three times its diameter, slightly 

 incrassate, the second and third longer than the first, subequal, the 

 fourth one-fourth longer than the third, slender. Mesonotum 

 shining dark brown, the submedian lines sparsely haired. Scutellum 

 fuscous yellowish, postscutellum a little darker. Abdomen thickly 

 haired, reddish brown; genitalia fuscous. Wings hyaline, costa 

 fuscous yellowish, the third vein well beyond the apex. Hal teres 

 pale orange basally, fuscous apically. Coxae dark reddish. Legs 

 mostly fuscous yellowish; claws long, evenly curved, slender, the 

 pul villi longer than the claws. Genitalia; basal clasp segment 

 long, stout, truncate; terminal clasp segment short, greatly swollen, 

 broadly rounded; dorsal plate short, broad, slightly and triangularly 

 incised, the lobes broadly rounded. Type Cecid. 1349. 



Contarinia ampelophila Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. vState Mus. Bui. no, p. 132; separate, p. 35-36 

 1908 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 393 



The species was taken on grape, Vitis species, at Albany, N. Y., 

 April 26, 1906. 



Male. Length .75 mm. Antennae nearly twice the length of the 

 body, thickly haired, pale brown; 14 segments, the fifth with stems 

 one and one-half and three and one-half times their diameters. 

 Palpi; the first segment subquadrate, the second broadly rounded, 

 one-half longer, the third slender, a little longer than the second 

 and the fourth one-half longer than the third. Face and mesonotum 

 dark brown. Scutellum reddish brown, postscutellum darker. 



