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Legs mostly dark brown, the tarsal segments a variable pale yellow 

 or reddish; claws strongly curved. Genitalia (pi. 8, fig. 3); basal 

 clasp segment stout; terminal clasp segment broad at base; dorsal 

 plate deeply incised; ventral plate short, broadly rounded. Harpes 

 sub triangular, tapering, a long, curved apical spur and several 

 recurved spines. Type Cecid. ai28y. 



A female, provisionally referred to this species, was reared from' 

 a similar gall on Aster saggittifolius July 15, 1913, 

 by Dr A. Cosens, Toronto, Canada. The description follows: 



Female. Length 1 mm. Antennae extending to the base of the 

 abdomen, sparsely haired, dark brown; at least 14 and probably 15 

 or 16 segments, the fifth with a length about equal to its diameter. 

 Palpi invisible in the preparation, probably uniarticulate. Mesono- 

 tum shining black, the submedian lines sparsely haired. Scutellum 

 shining dark brown, sparsely haired apically, postscutellum yellowish 

 brown. Abdomen a nearly uniform black, the third to sixth abdomi- 

 nal segments narrowly margined posteriorly with whitish scales. 

 Wings hyaline, the third vein uniting with the margin near the basal 

 half. Halteres yellowish, the club narrowly fuscous basally. Coxae 

 reddish brown; femora yellowish basally, fuscous apically. Tibiae 

 and tarsi fuscous. Ovipositor about half the length of the abdomen, 

 stout, the terminal lobes orbicular, minor lobes linear, both thickly 

 setose. A2440. 



Asteromyia flavolunata Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 110, p. 154-55 (Choristoneura) 



1908 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 330 (Baldratia) 



19C9 Ottawa Nat., 22:248 (Baldratia) 



1910 Stebbins, F. A. Springf. Mus. Nat. Hist. Bui. 2, p. 53 (Baldratia) 



This species was reared from a semioval, yellowish, marginal 

 gall on Solidago leaves taken at Albany, N. Y., March 19, 1907, 

 the adults appearing April 16th. It appears to be widely distributed, 

 having been taken in several localities in New York State and also 

 atAsheville, N. C. 



Gall. A characteristic marginal, semioval gall on the leaves 

 of Solidago, probably S. canadensis. The galls are about 

 1 cm in the greatest diameter, are invariably on the margin of the 

 leaf, lunate in form and usually approximately equidistant. For 

 a colored illustration, see Museum Bulletin 175, plate 1, figures 

 8 and 10. 



Female. Length 2.5 mm. Antennae dark reddish brown; 21 

 segments, the fifth with a length scarcely equal to its diameter; 

 terminal segment slightly produced, broadly rounded apically. 

 Palpi; the first segment short, stout, almost subglobular, the second 

 a little longer, slender, subfusiform, subacute distally; face reddish 

 brown, with sparse, whitish scales, the tip of the mouth-parts fuscous. 

 Mesonotum dark brown, almost black, the base of the wing insertions 

 reddish. Scutellum dark brown with a few yellowish setae apically 



