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pale yellowish orange. Legs a nearly uniform dark brown or 
black, the posterior pair with very narrow, white annulations at 
the base of the first tarsal segment. 
Bred May 16, 1907 from an oval blister gall on the young leaves 
Sroodidaso rugosa. 
Type Cecid. a1474, N. Y. State Museum. 
Lasioptera vitinea n. sp. 
Female. Length 2mm. Antennae extending to the base of 
the abdomen, sparsely haired, dark brown, the basal segments 
yellowish, 23 segments. Mesonotum dark brown, variably white 
margined anteriorly and laterally. Scutellum reddish brown, 
postscutellum yellowish. Abdomen a dark brown, the basal seg- 
ment thickly clothed with silvery white scales, the second to sixth 
segments narrowly margined posteriorly with silvery white scales; 
a crenulate white line laterally. Ovipositor pale yellowish. Hal- 
teres pale yellow basally, yellowish white apically. Coxae and 
femora fuscous yellowish, tibiae light brown, tarsi dark brown. 
Bred June 15, 1907, from a leaf petiole gall on grape, taken on 
Staten Island, N. Y. 
Type Cecid. ar4r5, N. Y. State Museum. 
Choristoneura albitarsis n. sp. 
Male. Length 2.5mm. Antennae extending to the base of the 
abdomen, sparsely haired, dark brown, yellowish basally, 20 
segments. Mesonotum a shining dark brown. Scutellum and 
postscutellum dark brown. Abdomen evidently badly denuded, a 
deep salmon with numerous dark brown or black scales dorsally. 
Halteres yellowish transparent, tarsi dark brown, the segments 
annulate basally with silvery white. 
Female. Length 3 mm. Antennae extending to the base of 
the abdomen, sparsely haired, dark brown, fuscous yellowish 
basally, 24 to 25 segments, eyes narrowly margined posteriorly with 
silvery white. Mesonotum dark brown or black, broadly margined 
laterally and anteriorly with silvery white, submedian lines rather 
thickly clothed with yellowish scales. Scutellum dark brown, 
thickly clothed apically with whitish scales, postscutellum dark 
brown. Abdomen dark brown or black, with submedian rows of 
lunate, silvery white spots. Halteres pale orange basally, light 
yellowish apically. Legs mostly a dark brown, the articulations 
