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segment cylindric, with a length five times its diameter and a rather 

 long, stout, fingerlike process apically. Mesonotum dark brown, 

 the submedian lines thickly haired. Scutellum yellowish orange, 

 postscutelliim a little darker. Abdomen dark brown, sparsely haired, 

 pleurae fuscous yellowish. Halteres yellowish transparent. Legs a 

 nearly uniform yellowish fuscous. Ovipositor short, the terminal 

 lobes narrowly oval, with a length nearly three times the width. 

 This female is provisionally associated with the above described 

 male. Type Cecid. aii6o. 



Aphidoletes marina Felt 



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

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



The reddish brown male was taken July 14, 1906 at Huguenot 



Park, Staten Island, N. Y. 



Male. Length 2 mm. Antennae one-half longer than the body, 

 thickly haired, light brown, fuscous basally; 14 segments, the fifth 

 with stems two and one-half and three and one-half times their 

 diameters, respectively. Palpi ; first segment subquadrate, the second 

 broadly oval, with a length two and one-half times its diameter, the 

 third longer and more slender, the fourth one-half longer than the 

 third, more slender. Face fuscous. Mesonotum dark brown, sub- 

 median lines yellowish. Scutellum yellowish orange, postscutellum 

 fuscous yellowish. Abdomen dark reddish brown, sparsely clothed 

 with yellowish setae. Wings; costa reddish brown. Halteres semi- 

 transparent. Legs a nearly uniform pale straw; claws long, slender, 

 the pul villi about half the length of the claws. Type Cecid. 581. 



Aphidoletes basalis Felt 



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

 1914 Econom. Ent. Jour., 7:458 



This yellowish brown male was reared at Albany, N. Y., October 

 4, 1907 from tansy, T a n i c e t u m v u 1 g a r e, probably infested 

 by aphids. 



Male. Length 1.75 mm. Antennae one-half longer than the 

 body, thickly haired, pale straw, fuscous yellowish basally; 14 seg- 

 ments, the fifth with stems two and one-half and four times their 

 diameters, respectively; distal segment irregular, with a length four 

 times its diameter and a slender, fingerlike process apically. Palpi; 

 basal clasp segment subquadrate, the second broadly oval, with a 

 length two and one-half times its diameter, the third one-half longer, 

 slender, the fourth one-half longer than the third. Face fuscous 

 yellowish. Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian lines sparsely 

 haired. Scutellum dark red, postscutellum fuscous yellowish. 

 Abdomen sparsely haired, yellowish brown, the basal segments 

 fuscous brown, the membrane and pleurae fuscous yellowish; venter 

 yellowish brown; genitalia yellowish. Wings; costa reddish brown. 



