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Female. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae extending to the third 

 abdominal segment, rather thickly haired, dark brown, 12 seg- 

 ments, the basal segments and face yellowish. Mesonotum dark 

 brown, the submedian lines yellowish. Scutellum and post- 

 scutellum yellowish. Abdomen a light fuscous yellowish, the 

 incisures, pleurae and venter pale orange. Halteres yellowish 

 basally, fuscous apically. Coxae and base of femora yellowish, 

 tibiae and tarsi mostly dark brown. 



Bred July 15, 1907, in association with Lasioptera vitis 

 O. S. from the typical galls of this latter species. It would 

 appear from the numbers reared that either species could pro- 

 duce this gall. 



Type C. aii65a, N. Y. State Museum. 



Dasyneura adhesa n. sp. 



Male. Length .75 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, 

 rather thickly haired, dark brown, 21 segments; face fuscous 

 yellowish. Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian lines 

 sparsely haired. Scutellum reddish brown, postscutellum dark 

 brown. Abdomen dark brown, the segments rather sparsely 

 margined posteriorly with yellowish hairs. Genitalia fuscous, 

 pleurae and venter fuscous yellowish. Halteres whitish trans- 

 parent. Coxae fuscous yellowish, femora and tibiae pale yellow- 

 ish, narrowly annulate distally with dark brown or reddish 

 brown. Tarsi brown, the distal segments darker. 



Female. Length .75 mm. Antennae extending to the fourth 

 abdominal segment, sparsely haired, dark brown, the basal seg- 

 ments yellowish, 22 segments. Mesonotum dark brown, the sub- 

 median lines rather thickly haired. Scutellum and postscutellum 

 light fuscous yellowish. Abdomen a nearly uniform dark brown, 

 the basal segments yellowish, the others narrowly margined 

 posteriorly with yellowish, pleurae and venter yellowish. In 

 some specimens the venter is thickly clothed with silvery hairs. 

 Halteres yellowish transparent. Coxae, femora and tibiae mostly 

 pale yellowish, the femora narrowly and variably annulate dis- 

 tally with fuscous, tarsi dark brown. 



Bred July 16, 1907, from oval cells, between the adherent 

 leaves of Solidago canadensis, identical with those 

 made b}^ A s p h o n d y 1 i a' m o n a c h a O. S. under similar 

 conditions. 



Type C. ai568, N. Y. State Museum. 



