Cecidomyiidae 721 



D. flavicornis Felt. Albany, latter part of Jl, reared from a greenish or purplish 



pouch-like gall on the narrow-leaved Solidago. 

 D. flavoabdominalis Felt. Albany, Aug 6, on Solidago. 

 D. flavoscuta Felt. Albany, Je 11, on Solidago. 



D. fraxinifolia Felt. Rensselaer, Aug 1, reared from tightly rolled leaves of ash. 

 D. fulva Felt. Nassau, Je 14, on huckleberry. 

 D. gleditschiae O.S. Produces characteristic pod-like swellings on the leaves of 



honey locust, and has been recorded as not common in Central Pk., NYC. 

 D. graminis Felt. Has been observed ovipositing in redtop or June grass; recorded 



from Albany, Kinderhook, and Poughkeepsie. 

 D. kamerensis Felt. Karner, Je 4, on Aster or Solidago. 

 D. leguminicola Lint. The common clover-seed midge. Appears to be widely 



distributed in the State, and materially restricts the production of clover seed. 

 D. lysimachiae Bt. Albany and Elm L., reared from a terminal conical leaf gall 



on the whorled loosestrife. 

 D. maculosa Felt. Nassau, Je 14, on a window. 

 D. meliloti Felt. Albany, Aug 6, on sweet clover. 

 D. modesta Felt. Albany, May 19, near a red oak. 

 D. multiannulata Felt. Nassau, Je 14, on hickory. 

 D. parthenocissi Steb. Produces a characteristic, sometimes winged, midrib gall 



on woodbine. Rather common at Nassau and in vie. of Syracuse. 

 D. pedalis Felt. Newport, Je 27, in a trap lantern. 

 D. photophila Felt. Nassau, Je 10, on a window. 

 D. piperitae Felt. Nassau, early Aug, reared from the enlarged 'terminal buds of 



peppermint. 

 D. pseudacaciae Fitch. Deforms the young leaves of black locust, and is common 



in various parts of NY from LI northward to Glens Falls, Je. 

 D. pudorosa Felt. Nassau, Je 14. 

 D. purpurea Felt. Karner and SI, Sep, reared from oval or fusiform bud-like flower 



galls of joe-pye weed. 

 D. quercina Felt. Albany, May 18, on oak. 

 D. rhodophaga Coq. Occurs in violet houses ; recorded as causing considerable 



injury at Rhinebeck and presumably in other violet-growing centers ; Beacon, 



Oct, on rose. 

 D. rhois Coq. Lebanon Sps., Mar, reared by Coquillett from galls on the roots 



of the common poison ivy; Whitehall. 

 D. rosarum Hardy. Albany, Jl 11, reared from folded terminal leaves of rose. 

 D. rufipedalis Felt. Karner, Je 4, on red clover. 



D. salicifolia Felt. Albany, Aug, reared from young terminal adherent willow leaves. 

 D. scutata Felt. Albany, Jl 16. 



D. semenivora Bt. Produces a plum-like gall on violet; recorded from Albany. 

 D. serrulatae O.S. Produces a bud gall on alder. Vic. Albany, rather common; 



Hudson Falls, Ap. Probably widely distributed throughout the State. 

 D. setosa Felt. Nassau, Aug 10, on a window. 

 D. simillima Kieff. (similise Felt). Albany, Jl 7, on thistle. 

 D. simulator Felt. Nassau, Jl 3 and 21. 

 D. smilacinae Bish. Ithaca, reared from root galls on false Solomon's seal. 



