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second, the fourth a little longer than the third, slightly more di- 

 lated. Face fuscous yellowish. Mesonotum dark brown, the sub- 

 median lines thickly yellow haired. Scutellum pale yellowish, post- 

 scutellum fuscous yellowish. Abdomen blood-red, the segments 

 margined posteriorly with yellow hairs. Wings hyaline, costa dark 

 brown. Halteres yellowish basally, reddish apically. Coxae and 

 basal portion of femora a variable yellowish, the femora apically, 

 and tibiae a variable brown, tarsi a nearly uniform dark brown ; 

 claws long, slender, the pulvilli as long as the claws. Ovipositor 

 nearly as long as the body, the terminal lobes very long, slender, 

 narrowly rounded. 



Described from a type kindly donated for study by Prof. William 

 Beutenmueller. Cecid. 1240. 



Dasyneura flavoabdominalis Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 350 



This yellowish species was taken on solidago at Albany, N. Y., 

 August 6, 1906. 



Female. Length 2.5 mm. Antennae two-thirds the length of 

 the body, sparsely haired, dark brown, fuscous yellowish basally ; 

 16 segments, the fifth subcylindric, with a length twice its diameter. 

 Palpi; the first segment subquadrate, second a little longer, sub- 

 orbicular, the third twice the length of the second, more slender, the 

 fourth one-half longer than the third, more slender, slightly en- 

 larged distally. Mesonotum brownish black, submedian lines with 

 sparse, yellowish hairs. Scutellum and postscutellum yellowish 

 white. Abdomen yellowish orange, membrane and pleurae lighter, 

 dorsally sparsely clothed with fuscous scales, ovipositor fuscous 

 yellowish. Wings hyaline, costa dark brown, halteres pale yellow- 

 ish. Coxae fuscous orange, femora and tibiae fuscous yellowish, 

 tarsi light brown; claws rather slender, strongly curved. Oviposi- 

 tor longer than the insect, terminal lobe slender, broadly rounded. 

 Type Cecid. 738. 



Dasyneura cercocarpi Felt 

 1913 Felt, E. P. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour., 21 1215-16 



The midges described elsewhere were reared in April from an 

 imbricated bud gall on Cerco carpus parvifolius col- 

 lected by Prof. E. Bethel at Golden, Col. 



Dasyneura aromaticae P>lt 



1909 Felt, E. P. Econ. Ent. Jour., 2 1289 



This species was reared August 23, 1908 from sprigs of mint- 

 taken at Barre, Mass., by Miss Cora H. Clarke. 



Gall. An ovoid, hairy, green, axillary or terminal gall about 4 

 mm in length. The adults undergo their final transformations in 



