162 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 
Lasioptera caulicola n. sp. 
Female. Length 2mm. Antennae very short, sparsely haired, 
dark brown, 23 segments; face sparsely clothed with silvery white 
scales. Mesonotum dark brown, rather broadly margined laterally 
and anteriorly with silvery white, the submedian lines sparsely 
haired. Scutellum fuscous yellowish, postscutellum a little darker. 
Abdomen dark brown, the basal segments silvery white dorsally, 
the third and fourth segments rather broadly margined along the 
median third posteriorly with silvery white, the second segment 
with an elongate median white dot on the posterior margin, ovi- 
positor pale yellowish. Halteres pale yellowish, apically a light 
salmon. Coxae fuscous basally, yellowish apically, femora and 
tibiae dark brown, irregularly and broadly banded at the extremi- 
ties with silvery white, tarsi dark brown. 
Bred June 3, 1907 from apparently normal stems of bush-honey- 
suckle. 
Type Cecid. a1rg69a, N. Y. State Museum. 
Lasioptera palustris n. sp. 
Male. Length1.75 mm. Antennae extending to the base of the 
abdomen, sparsely haired, dark brown, the basal segments yellow- 
ish, 20 segments; face fuscous yellowish with a rather conspicuous 
patch of silvery white scales, eyes narrowly margined posteriorly 
with silvery white. Mesonotum dark reddish brown, variably 
margined laterally and anteriorly with silvery white, the submedian 
lines thickly clothed with golden yellow scales, posterior median 
area reddish brown. Scutellum pale reddish brown with a few 
yellowish setae apically, postscutellum pale orange. Abdomen 
dark brown, the basal segments silvery white, the second to fourth 
segments rather broadly, and the fifth and sixth segments narrowly 
margined with silvery white, the latter obsolete laterally, the 
eighth segment pale orange; genitalia fuscous vellowish, venter 
dark brown with a broad median, silvery white stripe. Halteres 
pale salmon. Legs mostly brown, the extremities of femora and 
tibiae variably annulate with light yellowish, the tarsi dark brown. 
Female. Length 2 mm. Antennae with 25 segments. Color 
characters about as in the opposite sex. 
Bred May 24, 1907 from a very irregular, fusiform or - subglobular 
stem gall occurring upon an unknown plant in marshy places at 
West Nyack, N. Y. 
Type Cecid. a1443, N. Y. State Museum. 
