REPORT OP THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST I917 II5 



slender, tapering appendage. Palpi; the first segment short, stout, 

 slightly dilated subapically, the second one-half longer, broad, nar- 

 rowly oval, the third a little longer and more slender than the second, 

 the fourth about as long and more slender than the third. Meso- 

 notiim dark brown, the submedian lines indistinct. Scutellum 

 reddish brown, postscutellum probably darker. Abdomen sparsely 

 haired, light brown. Wings hyaline, costa light brown. Halteres 

 yellowish transparent. Legs a nearly uniform yellowish trans- 

 parent ; claws rather long, stout, strongly curved, the pulvilli nearly 

 as long as the claws. Genitalia; dorsal plate short, broad, deeply 

 and narrowly incised, the lobes broad, broadly rounded. 



Female. Length 3 mm. Antennae extending to the third abdominal 

 segment, dark brown, sparsely haired, fourteen segments; the fifth 

 with a stem about one-fourth the length of the subcylindric basal 

 enlargement. Palpi; the first segment short, irregularly subquad- 

 rate, the second about as long, more slender, slightly expandecl dis- 

 tally, the third one-half longer, stouter, narrowly oval, the fourth 

 one-fourth longer than the third, more slender. Mesonotum, scutel- 

 lum and postscutellum black, the abdomen dark brown; incisures 

 and pleurae yellowish red. Wings hyaline, costa dark brown. Hal- 

 teres sernitransparent basally, reddish apically; legs a variable 

 fuscous yellowish brown. Ovipositor long, narrow, narrowly rounded. 

 Otherwise nearly as in the male. (See plate 6, fig. i) 



Descril'jed from alcoholic specimens. 



Cecid. 959. 



Remedial measures. The most effectual method of keeping this 

 pest in subjection, where its ravages are serious, is by the early 

 destruction of the infested fruit, that is, the removal and burning 

 or deep burial of all such fruit by the latter part of May, before the 

 pears have advanced so far as to decay and crack during rains. 

 This method might be made a little more effective by setting a few 

 Lawrence trees for the sole purpose of attracting the midges to the 

 young fruit, thus drawing them away from more desirable var eties. 



Contarinia maculosa Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 394 



This olive-brown species was taken July 17, 1906 on bittersweet, 

 Celastrus scandens, at Albany, N. Y. 



Male. Length 1.6 mm. Antennae one-fourth longer than the 

 body, thickly haired, light brown, basally fuscous yellowish; 14 seg- 

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

 diameters, respectively; terminal segment, basal enlargement sub- 

 globose, the basal portion of the stem with a length twice its diameter, 

 the distal enlargement narrowly oval, with a length twice its diameter, 

 apically a long, slender, fingerlike process. Palpi; the first segment 

 short, stout, irregular, the second long, stout, with a length about 



