REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1918 I2I 
Male. Length 1 mm. Antennae longer than the body, thickly 
haired, light brown; fourteen segments, the fifth with stems three 
and three and one-half times their diameters respectively; terminal 
segment, basal enlargement subglobose, the basal portion of the 
stem with a length four times its diameter, the distal enlargement 
subcylindric, with a length three and one-half times its diameter, 
apically a slender, tapering process. Palpi; the first segment irregu- 
larly cylindric, with a length one-half greater than its diameter, 
the second segment with a length about four times its diameter, 
tapering, the third about as long as the second, more slender, the 
fourth a little longer than the third, somewhat dilated; face fuscous 
yellowish. Mesonotum dark brown, the narrow submedian lines 
yellowish, sparsely haired. Scutellum fuscous yellowish, post- 
scutellum a little darker. Abdomen rather bright red, the terminal 
segments yellow, each margined posteriorly with fuscous, rather 
coarse yellowish hairs. Wings hyaline, costa light brown. Halteres 
yellowish basally, fuscous apically. Legs a nearly uniform light 
straw; claws long, slender, evenly curved, the pulvilli about two- 
thirds the length of the claws. Genitalia; basal clasp segment long, 
slender, a subtriangular process at the internal basal third; terminal 
clasp segment long; dorsal plate long, broad, deeply and triangularly 
incised, the lobes obliquely truncate; ventral plate long, slender, 
broadly and triangularly incised, the lobes subtriangular. Type 
Cecid. 446. 
Giardomyia hudsonica Felt 
1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 124, p. 406 
This deep reddish male was taken June 9, 1906 in a trap lantern 
at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
Male. Length 1 mm. Antennae about twice as long as the 
body, rather thickly haired, light brown; fourteen segments, the 
fifth with stems two and one-half and three and one-half times their 
diameters respectively; terminal segment, the distal enlargement 
cylindric, with a length four times its diameter, apically with a long, 
slender, tapering process. Palpi; the first segment short, stout, 
with a length about twice its diameter, the second with a length 
nearly four times its diameter, the third a little shorter and more 
slender, and the fourth a little longer than the third and more dilated; 
face yellowish. Mesonotum dark reddish brown, the yellowish 
submedian lines sparsely haired. Scutellum dull orange, post- 
scutellum and abdomen dark reddish. Genitalia yellowish. Wings 
hyaline, venation probably as in allied forms. Halteres fuscous 
reddish, yellowish transparent basally. Legs a nearly uniform dark 
straw; claws stout, curved nearly at right angles, slightly swollen 
subapically, pulvilli about two-thirds the length of the claws. Geni- 
talia; basal clasp segment long, slender, a lobe at the internal distal 
third; terminal clasp segment long; dorsal plate long, deeply and 
triangularly emarginate, the lobes broad, subrectangular; ventral 
plate long, slender, slightly expanded distally, broadly emarginate 
