156 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



This midge was reared from a Pseudococcus species occurring 

 on Solanum and collected at Riverside, Cal., by P. H. Timberlake. 



Dicrodiplosis antennata Felt 



1912 Felt, E. P. X. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour., 20:243-44 

 1914 Econom. Ent. Jour., 7:458 



This species was reared by Dr O. A. Johannsen, Orono, Maine, 

 from reddish orange larvae preying on the false maple scale, 

 Phenacoccus acericola King. 



Dicrodiplosis helena Felt 



1912 Felt, E. P. X. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour., 20:245 



The midge was reared from subglobular galls on the underside of 

 Aspen leaves, Populus tremuloides, collected by Miss 

 Cora H. Clarke at Magnolia, Mass. It is by no means certain that 

 in this species we have the gall maker. 



Dicrodiplosis annulata Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. X. Y. State AIus. Bui. no, p. 113; separate, p. 17 

 (Rhabdophaga) 



This dull yellowish species was swept from goldenrod and aster at 



Albany, N. Y., July 6, 1906. 



Female. Length i mm. Antennae shorter than the body, thickly 

 haired, dark brown, yellowish basally; 14 segments, the fifth with a 

 stem one-fourth the length of the cylindric basal enlargement, which 

 latter has a length twice its diameter. Palpi; first segment short, 

 stout, the second twice the length of the first, narrowly oval, the 

 third one-half longer than the second, the fifth a little longer than the 

 third. Mesonottim dark brown, the submedian lines yellowish. 

 Scutellum dark brown, fuscous apically, postscutellum yellowish. 

 Abdomen dull yellowish, the basal segments fuscous dorsally; ovi- 

 positor pale orange. Costa light brown. Halteres yellowish basally, 

 pale orange distally. Coxae and femora basally pale orange, the 

 distal portion of femora fuscous; tibiae pale straw, tinged with 

 carmine; tarsi light brown; claws slender, evenly curved; ovipositor 

 short, the lobes sublanceolate, acute. Type Cecid. 514. 



Dicrodiplosis longicomis n. sp. 



This midge was taken in a trap lantern at Nassau, N. Y., July 9, 

 1906. 



Female. Length 1.25 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, 

 thickly haired, dark brown, yellowish basally; 14 segments, the fifth 

 with a stem three-fourths the length of the cylindric basal enlarge- 



