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rather strongly curved. Genitalia; dorsal? plate broad, slightly 
emarginate, the lobes obliquely truncate. Type Cecid. 350. (See 
plate 6, fig. 3) 
Contarinia sambucifolia Felt 
1907 Felt, E.P. N.Y. State Mus. Bul. 110, p. 131; separate, p. 35 
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The species was taken on elder, Sambucus canadensis, 
at Lake Clear, N. Y., June 7, 1906. 
Male. Length 1 mm. Antennae about twice the length of the 
body, thickly haired, dark brown, yellowish basally; 14 segments, 
the fifth with stems two and two and one-half times their diameters, 
respectively. Palpi; the first segment short, narrowly oval, the second 
longer, broadly oval, the third twice the length of the preceding, 
more slender, the fourth about twice the length of the third, more 
slender; face pale yellowish. Mesonotum dark brown, lighter 
posteriorly, submedian lines yellowish. Scutellum yellowish apically, 
postscutellum and abdomen pale salmon. Wings hyaline, costa 
light brown; halteres yellowish transparent. Legs nearly uniform 
pale straw, irregularly tinged with.carmine at the articulations; 
tarsi brownish dorsally; claws slender, uniformly curved. Genitalia; 
dorsal plate broad, short, deeply and triangularly incised, the lobes 
with the internal two-thirds obliquely truncate, the external portion 
broadly rounded. Type Cecid. 153. 
Contarinia viridiflava Felt 
1908 Felt, E. P.. N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 124, p. 392 
This species was taken on thistle at Albany, N. Y., July 17, 1906. 
Male. Length 1.25 mm. Antennae one-half longer than the 
body, thickly haired; 14 segments, the fifth with stems two and 
one-half and three times their diameters, respectively. Palpi; the 
first segment rather long, stout, expanded distally, the second about 
as long as the first, narrowly oval, the third one-half longer than the 
second, more slender, the fourth a little longer than the third, more 
slender. Mesonotum fuscous, with yellowish submedian lines. 
Abdomen greenish yellow. Wings hyaline, costa pale straw; halteres 
and legs probably pale straw; claws long, slender, strongly curved, 
the pulvilli a little longer than the claws. Genitalia; dorsal plate 
short, broad, deeply and narrowly emarginate, the lobes irregularly 
rounded. Type Cecid. 606. 
Contarinia spiraeina Felt 
I91t Felt, E. P. Econ. Ent. Jour., 4:547-48 
The yellowish red midges were reared April 6, ro1r from bud 
galls on Spiraea collected by Miss Cora H. Clarke at Magnolia, 
