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stout, slightly expanded distally, the second one-half longer than 

 the first, narrowly oval. Mesonotum dark brown, variably margined 

 laterally and anteriorly with dull reddish brown scales, the sub- 

 median lines sparsely clothed with similar hairs. Scutellum reddish 

 brown, postscutellum a little darker. Abdomen dark brown, the 

 second to seventh segments narrowly margined posteriorly with 

 silvery white, the markings obsolete laterally; venter thickly clothed 

 with silvery white scales. Wings hyaline, costa dark brown, the 

 third vein joining costa near the basal fifth; halteres yellowish 

 basally, fuscous apically. Coxae and base of femora a variable 

 fuscous yellowish, the remainder of the legs dark brown, the tip 

 of femora and tibiae narrowly annulate with white on the posterior 

 legs; claws long, rather stout, strongly curved, the pulvilli a little 

 shorter than the claws. Ovipositor about one-half the length of 

 the abdomen, the terminal lobes short, stout, broadly rounded. 

 •Type Cecid. ai594. 



Asteromyia canadensis Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. no, p. 105; separate, p. 9 



(Lasioptera) 

 1908 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 329 (Baldratia) 



The midge was captured May 21, 1906 sweeping blueberry, 

 Spiraea or possibly Cornus at Albany. 



Male. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae dark brown; 18 or 19 seg- 

 ments, the fifth with a length less than its diameter; terminal segment 

 suboval. Palpi; the first segment with a length four times its 

 diameter, subrect angular, the second over twice the length of the 

 first, slender. Mesonotum dark brown, ornamented with frag- 

 mentary submedian lines of whitish scales posteriorly and a some- 

 what broken patch of the same on the lateral posterior area near 

 the base of the wings. Scutellum dark brown, rather thickly 

 ornamented with silvery white scales, postscutellum dark brown. 

 Abdomen dark brown, the four basal segments each with submedian, 

 quadrate, silvery spots. Wings hyaline, costa dark brown, the third 

 vein joining the costa at the basal half; halteres pale orange basally, 

 silvery white distally. Legs mostly pale yellowish straw, tarsi 

 with reddish or dark brown on the distal segments. Genitalia; 

 basal clasp segment long, irregularly truncate; terminal clasp seg- 

 ment swollen at the basal fourth; dorsal plate broad, deeply 

 emarginate; ventral plate narrow, broadly rounded. Harpes sub- 

 triangular, tapering. Type Cecid. 74. 



Asteromyia dumosae Felt 



1909 Felt, E. P. Econ. Ent. Jour., 2:286 (Baldratia) 



1910 Econ. Ent. Jour. 3:348 



This species was reared July 30, 1908 from Aster dumosus 

 taken by Cora H. Clarke at Annisquam, Cape Ann, Mass., apparently 



