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ments, the fifth with a length three-fourths greater than its diameter, 

 narrowly rounded at the extremities; terminal segment produced, 

 tapering, obtusely rounded. Palpi; the first segment short, stout, 

 swollen distally, the second hardly longer than the first, more slender, 

 tapering, narrowly rounded. Ovipositor about as long as the body, 



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Fig. 83 Rhopalomyia cruziana; tip of ovipositor, enlarged (original) 



the terminal lobes long, narrowly oval. Other characters practically 

 as in the opposite sex. Type Cecid. 942. 



Rhopalomyia lanceolata Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 367, 368 



1909 Ottawa Nat., 22: 247 



This species was reared by Dr James G. Needham from what he 

 designates as a spongy gall on the narrow-leaved golden-rod, 

 Solidago graminifolia, presumably from Lake Forest, 111. 



Gall. The gall closely resembles that made by Asphondylia 

 monacha O.S. and it may be that this species is an inquiline. 



Male. Length 2.5 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, 

 sparsely haired, light yellowish; 17 segments, the fifth with a stem 

 three-fourths the length of the basal enlargement, which latter has 

 a length twice its diameter; terminal segment reduced, narrowly 

 oval, subacute distally. Palpi; one long, stout segment having a 

 length twice its diameter. Mesonotum light brown, the submedian 

 lines broad, yellowish, the posterior median area and scutellum yel- 

 lowish, postscutellum dark brown. Abdomen light yellowish, lighter 

 than in the female. Wings hyaline, costa light brown; haltercs pale 

 yellowish. Legs whitish transparent; claws long, slender, evenly 

 curved, the pulvilli as long as the claws. Genitalia; basal clasp 

 segment long, stout; terminal clasp segment short, stout, swollen 

 near the middle; dorsal plate very short, broad, broadly and triangu- 

 larly emarginate; ventral plate long, broad, tapering, slightly 

 emarginate. Harpes large, broad, convolute, narrowly rounded. 



Female. Length 3 mm. Antennae extending to the third ab- 

 dominal segment, sparsely haired, pale yellowish; 15 segments, 

 subsessile, the fifth with a length two and one-half times its diameter, 



