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type of gall may occur in clusters about the base of the stems of 

 Solidago juncea. (Plate 9, figures 1, 2. Plate 12, figure 2). 

 See New York State Museum Bulletin 97 for a description of the 

 midge, and Museum Bulletin 175, plate 4 figure 11, for a colored 

 illustration of this gall. The male genitalia are illustrated on Plate 

 19, figure 2. 



Fig. 58 Rhopalomyia hirtipes; fifth antennal segment of female, 

 and claw with the apex of the tarsus, enlarged (original) 



Rhopalomyia uniformis n. nom. 



1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. no, p. 160-61 (Hormomyia 

 truncata) 



This large midge, closely allied to R. hirtipes O. S., though 

 probably distinct therefrom, was taken by Mr J. G. Jack near 

 Boston, Mass. 



Male. Length 3 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, 

 thickly haired, pale yellowish; 23 segments, the fifth with a stem 

 one-half the length of the basal enlargement; terminal segment 

 hardly reduced. Palpi; first segment subquadrate, with a length 

 one-fourth greater than its diameter, the second probably twice 

 the length of the third, tapering. Mesonotum a nearly uniform dark 

 reddish brown, submedian lines indistinct. Scutellum yellowish 

 red, postscutellum slightly yellowish basally, reddish yellow distally. 

 Abdomen thickly clothed with long, fuscous hairs, reddish yellow, 

 the genitalia dark orange. Haltcrcs yellowish basally, fuscous 

 apically. Legs a variable dark brown and reddish yellow, the distal 

 tarsal segments mostly reddish yellow; claws slender, evenly curved, 

 the pulvilli as long as the claws. Genitalia; basal clasp segment 

 vStout, distinctly lobed, terminal clasp segment long, slender, hardly 

 swollen; dorsal plate broad, broadly and roundly emarginate; 

 ventral plate tapering, roundly truncate, both setose. (Plate 

 18, figure 3). Type Cecid. Si;. 



