REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1918 201 
was also found abundant under and on the tree and it may prove 
to be a natural enemy of this species. 
Itonida claytoniae Felt 
1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 110, p. 133; separate, p. 36 -37 
(Cecidomyia) 
1908 ————— N.Y. State Mus. Bul. 124, p. 415 (Cecidomyia) 
This reddish brown male was taken May 18, 1906 on Clay- 
tonia virginica at Albany, N. Y. 
Male. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae longer than the body, thickly 
haired, light brown; fourteen segments, the fifth with stems one 
and one-half and two times their diameters; terminal segment, 
distal enlargement strongly constricted at the basal third and with 
a subglobular appendage. Palpi; the first and second segments 
suboval, nearly equal, the third one-half longer than the second, 
and the fourth one-half longer than the third. Face reddish. Meso- 
notum dark brown, the submedian lines paler. Scutellum reddish, 
postscutellum and probably abdomen reddish brown, the latter 
sparsely yellow haired. Wings hyaline, costa dark brown. Halteres 
reddish transparent. Legs dark brown, lighter ventrally; tarsi pale 
yellow; claws slender, strongly curved at the apical third. Geni- 
talia; dorsal plate narrow, short, deeply and triangularly incised, 
the lobes well separated, narrowly rounded; ventral plate as broad 
as the dorsal plate, deeply and roundly emarginate, the lobes well 
separated, narrowly rounded; style stout, the edges irregularly 
convolute, broadly rounded. Type Cecid. 46. 
Itonida hartmaniae n. sp. 
The male described below was taken near a decaying hickory 
stump at Albany, N. Y., April 15, rort. 
Male. Length 2mm. Antennae one-fourth longer than the body, 
thickly haired, dark brown; fourteen segments, the fifth with stems 
two and one-half and three and one-half times their diameters; 
terminal segment, distal enlargement with a length nearly four times 
its diameter, a constriction near the basal third and apically a long, 
stout, tapering process. Palpi; first segment subrectangular, with 
a length three times its diameter, the second about as long as the 
first, a little stouter, the third one-half longer than the second, more 
slender, the fourth one-half longer than the third, dilated. Meso- 
notum slaty brown, the submedian lines sparsely haired. Scutellum 
fuscous yellowish, postscutellum dark brown. Abdomen sparsely 
haired, dark reddish brown; genitalia dark brown. Wings hyaline, 
costa light brown: halteres yellowish basally, fuscous reddish and 
thickly setose apically. Coxae dark brown; femora mostly reddish 
brown: tibiae darker, the posterior with a broad subapical band of 
yellowish scales; tarsi mostly dark brown, the two distal segments 
on the anterior legs yellowish brown; claws stout, evenly curved, 
simple, the pulvilli about one-third the length of the claws. Geni- 
