266 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I9II. 



Thorax with 3 shining blackish stripes which coalesce posteri- 

 orly. Abdomen brownish yellow, hind margins of segments i 

 to 5 more or less, half of the sixth and the entire seventh, dark 

 brown. Coxse and legs yellow, the fore metatarsus about 1.5 

 times the tibia in length. Wings hyaline, apex and hind margin 

 dusky, spot covering base of Rs ; base of Rs more distad in this 

 species than in L. ypsilon. "Europe and New Jersey." 



9. Genus AUocotoccra Mik. \^ 

 Wien. Ent. Zcitg. V. 102. 1886. ' 

 Buryccra. Dziedzicki, Pam. Fizyjogr. V. 6. 1885. 

 Ocelli 3, laterals remote from the eye margin. Legs of mod- 

 erate length. Wings oval, the costa extends beyond the tip of 

 the radial sector; subcosta ends in the costa, subcostal crossvem 

 present ; petiole of media long, cubitus forks proximad of the 

 distal end of the R-M crossvein ; anal vein stout but ends 

 before wing margin (Fig. 178). The wing venation and the 

 short legs distinguish this genus from Lcptouiorphus. 



AUocotoccra parvula Coquillett. 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Museum. XXIII. 597. 1901 (Lcptouwr pints), 

 parvula, Johannsen, Gen. Ins. Fasc. 93., 75. 1909 (Boletina). 

 flaz'cscens, Johannsen, Gen. Ins. Fasc. 93., 72. 1909. 

 , Female. Length 3.5 mm. Head, including mouth parts, and 

 basal antennal joints (apical joints missing), wholly yellow, 

 excepting conspicuous dark brown spot back of and contiguous 

 to each lateral ocellus and a smaller surrounding the middle 

 one. Thorax, including sternum, pleura, scutellum, and met- 

 anotum wholly yellow, dorsum with faint indications of 2 

 brown stripes. Abdomen yellow, margin of each of segments 



2 to 5 and the whole of the apical segments dark brown. Thorax 

 and abdomen hairy rather than setose. Legs yellow, apices of 

 coxae and of femora slightly brownish, tarsi pale fuscous; fore 

 and middle tibiae each with one row of small setae on flexor 

 surface and 3 or 4 on extensor surface ; hind tibiae each with 



3 rows on extensor surface ; the longest setae on hind tibiae not 

 as long as diameter of the tibia; fore metatarsus a little over 

 1-2 as long as its tibia; spurs pale brown. Wings with a yel- 

 low'sh tinge, strongly setulose ; veins yellow; a brown spot 

 covers apex of Ri and Rs extending to the tip of the costa. 



