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about two and one-half times its diameter; terminal segment pro- 
duced, slightly constricted at the basal third, enlarged at the distal 
third and tapering strongly, narrowly rounded. Palpi; the first 
segment long, slender, somewhat expanded distally, the second a 
little longer and stouter than the first, the third as long as the second, 
more slender. Face yellowish; thorax orange red, the center of the 
mesonotum and the spot crossing the plurae and enlarging on the 
sternum, black; abdomen orange red. Wings and legs as in the 
opposite sex. Ovipositor longer than the body, bearing a pair of 
long, slender lobes, the latter with a length fully five times their 
madthey Ayae Cecid-ro7 2. 
Contarinia obesa n. sp. 
This remarkable midge was taken May 8, 1909 in a pine woods 
near Albany. It is easily distinguished by the stout, obese terminal 
clasp segment without an appreciable apical spur. 
Male. Length 2 mm. Antennae a little longer than the body, 
thickly haired, fuscous yellowish; 14 segments, the fifth with stems 
one and one-half and three and one-half times their diameters respec- 
tively ; terminal segment with the distal enlargement broadly elliptical. 
Palpi; first segment with a length three times its diameter, slightly 
incrassate, the second and third longer than the first, subequal, the 
fourth one-fourth longer than the third, slender. Mesonotum 
shining dark brown, the submedian lines sparsely haired. Scutellum 
fuscous yellowish, postscutellum a little darker. Abdomen thickly 
haired, reddish brown; genitalia fuscous. Wings hyaline, costa 
fuscous yellowish, the third vein well beyond the apex. Halteres 
pale orange basally, fuscous apically. Coxae dark reddish. Legs 
mostly fuscous yellowish; claws long, evenly curved, slender, the 
pulvilli longer than the claws. Genitalia; basal clasp segment 
long, stout, truncate; terminal clasp segment short, greatly swollen, 
broadly rounded; dorsal plate short, broad, slightly and triangularly 
incised, the lobes broadly rounded. Type Cecid. 1349. 
Contarinia ampelophila Felt 
1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 110, p. 132; separate, p. 35-36 
1908 ————— N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 124, p. 393 
The species was taken on grape, Vitis species, at Albany, N. Y., 
April 26, 1906. 
Male. Length .75 mm. Antennae nearly twice the length of the 
body, thickly haired, pale brown; 14 segments, the fifth with stems 
one and one-half and three and one-half times their diameters. 
Palpi; the first segment subquadrate, the second broadly rounded, 
one-half longer, the third slender, a little longer than the second 
and the fourth one-half longer than the third. Face and mesonotum 
dark brown. Scutellum reddish brown, postscutellum darker. 
