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median lines thickly haired. Scutellum brownish red, postscu- 

 tellum yellowish red. Abdomen dark brown, the incisures dark 

 reddish, the venter pale yellowish. Genitalia fuscous. Halteres 

 pale yellowish, slightly fuscous apically. Coxae and base of 

 femora pale yellowish, the latter slightly fuscous distally, tibiae 

 and tarsi dark brown. 



Bred September 9, 1907, from a loose apical bud gall on blue- 

 berry taken at Stowe, Mass. 



Type C. a 1 700, N. Y. State Museum. 



Dasyneura fraxinifolia n. sp. 



Male. Length .75 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, 

 thickly haired, brown, the basal segments yellowish, 14 seg- 

 ments ; face yellowish. Mesonotum reddish brown, the sub- 

 median lines pale yellowish. Scutellum light reddish brown, 

 postscutellum a little lighter. Abdomen fuscous yellowish, the 

 second to seventh segments shaded with light brown. Genitalia 

 fuscous, venter light yellowish. Halteres yellowish basally, 

 light brown apically. Legs a light straw, the distal tarsal seg- 

 ments darker. 



Bred August i, 1907, from tightly rolled ash leaves taken at 

 Bath, N. Y. 



Type C. ai648a, N. Y. State Museum. 



Dasyneura salicifolia n. sp. 



Male. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, 

 thickly haired, fuscous yellowish, 16 segments, the basal seg- 

 ment ventrally and face with patches of short, silvery hairs. 

 Mesonotum dark brown, the lateral and submedian lines distinct 

 and rather thickly clothed with long pale brown hairs. Abdo- 

 men dark brown dorsally, silvery laterally, pleura with patches 

 of silvery hairs interrupted beneath. Halteres pale yellowish. 

 Coxae pale yellowish with silvery hairs, femora pale silvery at 

 base, fuscous apically, tibiae and tarsi darker. 



Bred August 14, 1907, from young terminal adherent willow 

 leaves. 



Type C. ai675, N. Y. State Museum. 



Rhabdpphaga salicifolia n. sp. 

 Male. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae probably a little longer 

 than the body, sparsely haired, dark brown, probably 20 seg- 



