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fuscous brown, submedian lines yellowish, distinct. Scutellum pale 

 reddish yellow, postscutellum yellowish. Abdomen fuscous, yellow- 

 ish haired. Wings (Plate 4, figure 6) hyaline, costa dark brown. 

 Halteres yellowish basally, fuscous apically. Legs fuscous yellowish, 

 tarsi lighter; claws probably unidentate. Ovipositor short, lobes 

 suboval. Type Cecid. ai62 5. 



Porricondyla papillata Felt 



1914 Felt, E. P. Psyche 20:111 



This large midge, collected by Mrs A. T. Slosson on Mount Wash- 

 ington is easily recognized by the two large sublateral groups of 

 papillae at the posterior extremity. 



Porricondyla borealis Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. no, p. 147 (separate, p. 51) 



1908 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 418 



The midge was taken on spruce, Picea canadensis, at 

 Lake Clear, N. Y., June 7, 1906. 



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

 sparsely haired, dark brown, yellowish basally; 14 segments, the 

 fifth with a stem one-third- the length of the subcylindric basal 



Fig. 26 Porricondyla borealis; sixth antennal segment of female, 



enlarged (original) 



enlargement; terminal segment slightly prolonged, tapering to 

 a narrowly obtuse apex. Palpi; the first segment long and 

 slender, subfusiform, the second twice the length of the preceding, 

 stouter, subfusiform, the third one-half longer than the preceding, 



