REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST I917 I39 



Male. Length 2 mm. Antennae a little longer than the body, 

 thickly haired, light browni, fuscous yellowish basally; 14 segments, 

 the fifth with stems two and three and one-half times their diam- 

 eters, respectively; terminal segment with the distal enlargement 

 irregular, produced, with a length four times its diameter and a 

 long, slender process apically. Palpi; first segment subquadrate, 

 with a length over twice its diameter, the second one-half longer, 

 stouter, the third one-half longer than the second, more slender, 

 the fourth a little longer than the third, more slender; face fuscous 

 yellowish. Mesonottmi dark brown, the submedian lines yellowish. 

 Scutellum reddish, yellowish basally, postscutellum pale yellowish. 

 Abdomen pale reddish orange, the segments narrowly margined 

 posteriorly with fuscous, the latter prolonged on the median line 

 and with short, transverse lines narrowly separated from the hind 

 margin laterally, the segments ventrally broadly margined poste- 

 riorly with fuscous. Genitalia yellowish. Wings, costa ^^ellowish 

 brown; halteres mostly pale yellowish, slightly fuscous. Legs mostly 

 fuscous yellowish; claws long, strongly curved, the pul villi shorter 

 than the claws. Type Cecid. 666. 



Aphidoletes borealis Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 397 

 1914 — • — ■ — ■ — ■ — ■ Econom. Ent. Jour., 7:458 



This fuscous yellowish midge was reared at Albany, N. Y., August 

 7, 1907 from tulip leaves bearing galls of Thecodiplosis 

 liriodendri O. S. and presiimably infested by aphids upon 

 which the larvae of this species probably subsists. 



Male. Length 2.5 mm. Antennae one-half longer than the body, 

 rather thickly haired, light brown; 14 segments, the fifth with stems 

 two and one-half and three and one-half times their diameters, 

 respectively; terminal segment having the distal enlargement strongly 

 constricted near the middle, with a length fully four times its diameter 

 and a stout, fingerlike process apically. Palpi; first segment irreg- 

 ularly subquadrate, the second narrowly oval, with a length two 

 and one-half times its diameter, the third one-half longer than the 

 second, more slender, the fourth a little longer and more slender than 

 the third. Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian lines fuscous 

 yellowish. Scutellum light fuscous yellowish, postscutelliun and 

 abdomen slightly darker, the latter with irregular, fuscous markings 

 basally and pale orange distally, the segments margined posteriorly 

 with short, fuscous setae. Wings; costa reddish brown. Halteres 

 yellowish transparent, fuscous subapically. Legs mostly a uniform 

 light brown; claws slender, strongly curved, the pul villi shorter than 

 the claws. 



Female. Length 1.75 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, 

 sparsely haired, light brown; 14 segments, the fifth with a stem 

 about one-fifth the length of the cylindric basal enlargement, which 

 latter has a length three and one-half times its diameter; distal 



