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the fifth subfusiform, sessile. Palpi; the first segment stout, sub- 

 cylindric, second more slender, fusiform and about twice the length 

 of the first; face reddish brown. Mesonotum reddish brown with 

 submedian lines marked by distinct ridges, the area between dis- 

 tinctly lighter. Scutellum reddish brown, thickly clothed with 

 coarse, black setae, post scutellum reddish brown. Abdomen dark 

 reddish brown, the dorsal sclerities thickened and darker than the 

 incisures or pleurae. Ovipositor pale yellowish red, the extreme 

 tip reddish brown. Wings subhy aline, unspotted, costa dark 

 brown; halteres pale orange basally, dark brown apically. Coxae, 

 femora and tibiae a variable dark brown, tarsi reddish brown, the 

 segments narrowly annulate distally with dark brown, basal seg- 



Fig. 55 Rhopalomyia Carolina; lateral view of the tip of the ovi- 

 positor, enlarged (original) 



ments of the posterior tarsi mostly dark brown; claws very heavy, 

 evenly curved. Ovipositor long, the lobes roundly tapering. Type 

 Cecid. ai635. 



Rhopalomyia major Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. no, p. 121 (separate p. 25) 



1908 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 363 . 



This rather large species was taken May 31, 1906 in a trap lantern 

 at Huguenot Park, N. Y. 



Male. Length 4 mm. Antennae longer than the body, thickly 

 white-haired, dark brown; 22 to 23 segments, the fifth with a stem 

 one-fourth longer than the basal enlargement; terminal segment 

 reduced, suboval. Palpi; the first segment stout, elongate, oval, 

 the second a little longer, much more slender; face yellowish brown. 

 Mesonotum dark brown, distinct submedian lines with fuscous 

 hairs, similar hairs on the lateral margin. Scutellum yellowish 

 brown, postscutellum yellowish brown, fuscous laterally. Abdomen 



