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Female. Length 1 mm. Antennae about as long as the body, 

 sparsely haired, dark brown; 12 segments, the fourth with a short 

 stem one-fourth the length of the subcylindric basal portion; ter- 

 minal segment prolonged, subcylindric, one-half longer than the 

 preceding. Palpi; the first segment short, subquadrate, the second 

 rather long, slender basally, swollen distally, the third two-thirds 

 the length of the second, stout, narrowly oval, the fourth a little 

 shorter and more slender than the third, the fifth one-half longer 

 than the fourth, broad, flattened. Mesonotum dark brown. Scutel- 

 lum deep carmine, postscutellum reddish. Abdomen reddish brown, 

 lighter distally. Legs a nearly uniform pale brown; claws stout, 

 strongly curved, slightly swollen at the distal fourth, simple. Ovi- 

 positor short, lobes biarticulate, basal portion subquadrate, distal 

 part suborbicular. Type Cecid. 570. 



Colpodia temeritatis Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 416 



Described from a female reared September 9, 1907 apparently 

 from ash, Fraxinus, leaves bearing a purplish green, subglobular gall 

 some 5mm in diameter, taken near Albany. This gall appears to 

 be the one Osten Sacken originally described under the name of 

 C. p e 1 1 e x. It is very doubtful if this insect is the true cause of 

 the deformity. 



Female. Length 2 mm. Antennae one-half the length of the 

 body, sparsely haired, reddish brown, yellowish basally; 12 segments, 

 the fifth with a stem one-half the length of the somewhat stout 

 basal enlargement, which latter has a length three times its diameter, 

 terminal segment greatly produced, with a length six times its 

 diameter and evidently composed of two closely fused segments. 

 Palpi; first segment rather stout, rectangular, the second one-half 

 longer than the first, the third a little longer and more slender than 

 the second, the fourth one-half longer and more slender than the 

 third. Face yellowish. Mesonotum brownish yellow, the broad 

 submedian lines yellowish. Scutellum brownish red, postscutellum 

 pale yellowish. Abdomen pale reddish yellow. Wings rather broad, 

 hyaline, costa fuscous yellowish. Halteres pale orange, yellowish 

 basally. Coxae pale yellowish ; femora, tibiae and tarsi light fuscous 

 yellowish; claws strongly curved, simple, the pul villi longer than the 

 claws. Ovipositor short, terminal lobe narrowly oval. Type Cecid. 

 a 1 546b. 



Colpodia sylvestris Fell 



[914 Felt, E. P. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour. 22:126 



This midge, allied to C. temeritatis Pelt, was taken in 

 August 1909 by Mr C. P. Alexander at Woodworth's lake in the 

 Adirondacks at an altitude of 1550 feet. A detailed description is 

 given in the citation above. 



