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Female*. Length 1.25 mm. Antennae about three-quarters the 

 length of the body, sparsely haired, dark brown; 17 segments, the 

 fifth with a length one-quarter greater than its diameter ; ter- 

 minal segment slightly produced, narrowly oval. Palpi ; the first 

 segment subquadrate, the second rectangular, with a length three 

 times its diameter, the third longer, more slender, the fourth a 

 little longer and more slender than the third. Mesonotum shining 

 dark brown. Scutellum fuscous yellowish, postscutellum a little 

 darker. Abdomen reddish brown (dark red according to Per- 

 gande). Wings hyaline, costa reddish brown. Halteres yellowish 

 transparent. Legs mostly yellowish brown, the distal tarsal seg- 

 ments darker; claws strongly curved, the pulvilli longer than the 

 claws. Ovipositor about two-thirds the length of the abdomen, 

 the terminal lobes short and broad. Type Cecid. 1035. 



Dasyneura smilacinae Bish. 



191 1 Bishop, S. C. Ent. News, 22:346 



The above named midge was reared by Mr S. C. Bishop at 

 Ithaca, N. Y., January 15, 1910 from root galls on false Solomon 

 seal, Smilacina racemosa. See the above citation for a 

 detailed description. 



Dasyneura tumidosae Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 346 



This species was reared in small numbers in July 1907 from a 

 jar containing numerous galls generally referred to as Cecidom- 

 y i a p e 1 1 e x O. S. 



Gall. A large, tumid, green, reddish or brownish midrib swell- 

 ing ranging in length from 5 to 15 cm (pi. 2, fig. 4), the larger 

 deformities containing from 30 to even 60 or more larvae irregularly 

 distributed along the length of the deep fold evidently caused by 

 their operations. 



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

 rather thickly haired, fuscous yellowish, the basal segments yellow- 

 ish ; 17 segments, the fifth with a stem about one-half the length 

 of the basal enlargement ; terminal segment somewhat reduced, ob- 

 tusely obconic. Palpi ; the first segment short, stout, subquadrate, 

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

 rounded distally, the third one-half longer and more slender than 

 the second, the fourth more slender and about twice as long as the 

 third ; face yellowish. Mesonotum dark brown, the broad sub- 

 median yellowish lines sparsely haired. Scutellum reddish brown, 

 postscutellum pale orange. Abdomen pale yellowish, slightly 

 fuscous. Genitalia fuscous. Wings hyaline, costa dark brown. 

 Halteres yellowish transparent, slightly fuscous subapically. Legs 

 mostly pale yellowish, the two basal tarsal segments light fuscous, 



