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with the same. Mesonotum dark brown, sparsely margined anteri- 

 orly and laterally with silvery white scales; posteriorly with a con- 

 spicuous patch of the same. Scutellum pale orange, apically with 

 numerous whitish hairs, postscutellum pale orange. Abdomen 

 dark brown; ist segment clothed with silvery white scales, the 

 2d, 3d and 4th segments each with subquadrate, submedian spots 

 clothed with yellowish white scales; 5th segment with a few whit- 

 ish scales sublaterally; 6th with a few median ones along the poste- 

 rior margin, and a similar patch of the same color laterally. Legs 

 rather variable, yellowish transparent, with some dark brown 

 dorsall}'. Tarsi largely and irregularly tinged with carmine. 



Taken on maple-leaved arrowwood at Alban}^ N.Y. June 10, 1906. 



Type Cecid. 183a, N.Y. State Museum. 



Lasioptera canadensis n. sp. 



Male. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae hardly reaching to the base 

 of the abdomen, sparsely haired, dark brown, 18 or 19 segments; 

 eyes margined posteriorly with silvery white scales. ]\Iesonotum 

 dark brown, ornarriented with fragmentary submedian lines of 

 whitish scales posteriorly and a somewhat broken patch of the same 

 on the lateral posterior area near the base of the wings. Scutellum 

 dark brown, rather thickly ornamented with silvery white scales; 

 postscutellum dark brown. Abdomen dark brown, the 4 basal seg- 

 ments each with conspicuous submedian quadrate silvery spots. 

 Legs mostly pale yellowish straw; tarsi reddish or dark brown on 

 the distal segments. 



Taken on blueberry or low bushes at Albany, N.Y. May 21, 1906. 



Type Cecid. 74, N.Y. State Museum. 



Lasioptera impatientifolia n. sp. 



Male. Length 1.6 mm. Antennae extending to the base of 

 the abdomen, sparsely haired, dark brown, yellowish basally, 19 

 segments ; face fuscous ; eyes margined posteriorly with dull silvery 

 scales. Mesonotum dark brown, thickly clothed with silvery and 

 pale yellowish scales. In one specimen the mesonotum is entirel}^ 

 covered by scales. Scutellum dark brown with pale yellowish 

 apically; postscutellum yellowish brown. Abdomen dark brown 

 with the ist segment clothed sparsely with silvery white scales; 

 the 4th and 5th segments thickly clothed with dark brown scales, 

 and the others more sparsely clothed with scales of the same color. 



