REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1918 I19 
Male. Length .75 mm. Antennae a little longer than the body, 
thickly haired, light straw, yellowish basally; fourteen segments, the 
fifth with stems two and one-half and three and one-half times their 
diameter respectively; terminal segment, distal enlargement pro- 
duced, with a length over twice its diameter and tapering to a sub- 
acute apex. Palpi; first segment short, subquadrate, the second 
narrowly oval, with a length twice its diameter, the third longer, 
slender, the fourth one-fourth longer than the third, dilated. Face 
pale yellowish. Thorax a light salmon, the sides yeJlowish. Abdo- 
men pale yellowish, the genitalia fuscous apically. Wings hyaline, 
costa pale yellowish; membrane tinged with yellowish; halteres 
yellowish transparent. Legs pale yellowish, the distal segments 
slightly fuscous; claws slender, strongly curved and slightly enlarged 
near the middle, the pulvilli shorter than the claws. Genitalia; 
basal clasp segment rather long; terminal clasp segment swollen 
basally, long; dorsal plate broad, narrowly and triangularly emar- 
ginate, the lobes irregularly rounded; ventral plate long, broad, 
narrowly and triangularly emarginate. Type Cecid. a1578b. 
Giardomyia noveboracensis Felt 
1908 Felt, E.P. N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 124, p. 405 
This fuscous yellowish male was taken June 10, 1906, at Nassau 
ING Y* 
Male. Length rmm. Antennae fully twice as long as the body, 
rather thickly clothed with fine hairs, light brown, the stems prob- 
ably whitish; fourteen segments, the fifth with stems three and four 
and one-half times their diameters respectively; terminal segment, 
basal portion of the stem and the distal enlargement slightly pro- 
longed, the latter subcylindric and with a long, spindle-shaped apex. 
Palpi; the first segment subquadrate, swollen distally, the second 
one-half longer than the preceding, narrowly oval, the third a little 
longer and the fourth still longer than the preceding; face pale 
yellowish. Mesonotum dark brown, the yellowish submedian lines 
sparsely clothed with light hairs. Scutellum pale orange, postscu- 
tellum fuscous orange. Abdomen fuscous yellow, rather thickly 
clothed with yellowish hairs, genitalia yellowish. Wings hyaline, 
costa reddish brown; halteres whitish transparent. Legs nearly 
uniform pale straw; claws rather stout, evenly curved, simple. 
Genitalia; basal clasp segment long, stout; terminal clasp segment 
greatly swollen at the base; dorsal plate broad, deeply and tri- 
angularly incised, the lobes obliquely truncate; ventral plate broad, 
long, tapering, broadly rounded. Type Cecid. 197x. 
Giardomyia photophila Felt 
1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 110, p. 134; separate, p. 37-38 
(phosphila) 
1908 ——————_N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 124, p. 405 
This bright carmine male was taken June 16, 1906, in a trap lantern 
at Newport, N. Y. 
