ixsECTS Ai'i-i;cTi.\(; i'ark and woudla.nu treks 425 



Female deseribed from life. Antennae i4-i()intccl, about half as lon;^ 

 as the body, brown, witli sparse, irrei^uilar verticils of gray hair, the 10 

 terminal joints twice as lon^,'' as broad, and pedicellate. Clypeus and 

 epicranium testaceous brown, the clypeus ( hypt)st()ma) haviniL,^ a few lon^^ 

 gra)- hairs curving over and downwartl. I'alpi concolorous with the ends of 

 the antennae. 



Thorax shining black, with four lines of white hairs, as in C. pini 

 DeGeer ; the sides including the prothorax, reddish; scutellum reddish 

 brown, while the trochanters are much darker, the tirst pair being nearly 

 black, the two posterior pairs reddish brown. Legs brown, paler beneath, 

 with gray hairs, the tarsal joints darker at the articulations, covered with 

 fine silvery hairs. 



Winsjs rather short and broad, with scarcely any pubescence • frins'^e 

 long, veins dark Ijrown ; the suljcostal (tirst longitudinal ) vein terminates 

 at the middle of the wing (in C salicis it terminates much beyond this 

 point); the median vein terminates at or perhaps a little l)elow the apex; 

 it curves around rapidly, following the curve of the margin ; cross vein very 

 minute, very oblique, almost obsolete, situated a little i)elow the middle of 

 the hrst longitudinal vein ; third longitudinal vein straight, but turning 

 down to the inner margin at nearly a right angle. The venule which, in 

 continuation of tiie main vein, is bent uijward at its oriifin, thence iroes 

 straight to the outer edge, inclosing a triangular space. The halteres are 

 pale flesh-colored. 



Abdomen blood-red, with slight sparse hairs. Th(; segments on the 

 terminal half of the abdomen are edged with black, and the tip of the 

 abdomen is blackish, while the genital armature is tlesh-colored. Length 

 . 10 inch. 



Bibliography 



1890 Packard, A. S. U. S. Km. Com. 5th Rc|i"t, p. 798-800 

 1903 Felt, E. P. lor. Fish and Game Com. 7tli Rep't, p. 510-11 



