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ment, which latter has a length two and one-half times its diam- 

 eter. Palpi; first segment subquadrate, the second nearly twice the 

 length of the first, the third and fourth, each longer than the ]:»reced- 

 ing, subequal. Alesonotum light fuscous yellowish, the posterior 

 median area and submedian lines yellowish. Scutellum and post- 

 scutellum fuscous yellowish. Abdomen fuscous yellowish, the dorsal 



Fig. 59 Dicrodiplosis 

 1 o n g i c o r n i s, fifth antennal 

 segment of female (enlarged, 

 original) 



sclerites well separated, dark yellowish. Ovipositor yellowish 

 orange. Wings narrow, costa light brown. Halteres pale yellowish, 

 fuscous apicaily. Coxae yellowish; femora and tibiae fuscous straw, 

 tarsi pale yellowish straw, the distal segments tinged with carmme; 

 claws long, strongly curved, the pulvilli about half the length of 

 the claws. Ovipositor about one-half the length of the abdomen, 

 the terminal lobes narrowly lanceolate. Type Cecid. 534- 



Dicrodiplosis borealis Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. no, p. 113-14; separate, p. 17 

 (Rhabdophaga) 



This dark carmine species was taken on spruce, Picea, at Lake 

 Clear, N. Y., June 7, 1906. 



Female. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, 

 sparsely haired, light brown, the fifth antennal segment with a stem 

 one-half the length of the cylindric basal enlargement, which latter 

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

 the second rectangular, the third as long as the second, more slender, 

 the fourth one-fourth longer than the third. Mesonotum dark brown, 

 the posterior median area and submedian lines yellowish, the latter 

 soarsely haired. Scutellum yellowish. Abdomen dark carmine. 

 Costa dark brown. Halteres whitish transparent. Legs a nearly 

 uniform pale brown, the tarsi darker; claws slender, curved. Ovi- 

 positor short, the lobes subtriangular. Type Cecid. 159. 



