REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST I917 99 



Contarinia lycopersici Felt 



191 1 Felt, E. P. Ent. News, 22:303-4 



This species was reared by William H. Patterson of the Agricul- 

 ttiral School, St Vincent, W. I., from flowers of tomatoes, 

 Lycopersicum esculentum, and appears to be closely 

 allied to C . s o 1 a n i Riibs. A type of the female of the latter 

 species was kindly placed at our disposal by Professor Riibsaamen. 

 A comparison of the two shows the St Vincent form to have dis- 

 tinctly shorter and stouter antennal segments. 



Contarinia trifolii Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. no, p. 131-32; separate, p. 35 



1908 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 391 



This small, yellowish form was taken at Albany, N. Y., June i, 



igo6, on white clover, Trifolium repens. 



Male. Length .75 mm. Antennae about twice the length of the 

 body, thickly haired, light brown; 14 segments, fifth with stems one 

 and one-fourth and twice their diameters respectively ; terminal seg- 

 ment, basal enlargement prolonged, subconic, the distal enlarge- 

 ment subfusiform, with a spindle-shaped extremity. Palpi; the 

 first segment slender, obpyriform, the second suboval, the third 

 one-half longer, inore slender, the fourth nearly twice the length of 

 the third, much more slender. Face yellowish. Mesonotum yellowish 

 brown. Scutellum, postscutellum and abdomen yellowish, the latter 

 sparsely fuscous haired. Wings hyaline, costa light brown. Hal- 

 teres yellowish transparent. Legs yellowish transparent, tarsi 

 slightly darker; claws slender, uniformly curved. Genitalia; dorsal 

 plate broad, deeply and triangularly emarginate, the lobes broadly 

 rounded. Type Cecid. 108. (See plate 6, fig. 4) 



Contarinia perfoliata Felt 

 1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 391 



This species was reared in August 1907 from florets of thorough- 

 wort, Eupatorium perfoliatum, collected at Albanv, 

 N. Y. 



Male. Length i.i mm. Antennae one-half longer than the body, 

 thickly haired, ^^ellowish; 14 segments, the fifth with stems twice 

 and two and one-half times their diameters; terminal segment, 

 basal enlargement subglobose, the distal enlargement fusiform, with 

 a length over twice its diameter; apically a long, fingerlike process. 

 Palpi; the first segment short, stout, subquadrate, the second one- 

 half longer, narrowly oval, the third twice the length of the second, 

 cylindric, the fourth as long as the third. Mesonotum reddish brown, 

 the submedian lines yellowish. Scutellum and postscutellum fuscous 



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