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Cecidomyia ramuli n. sp. 



Female. Length 2.5 mm. Antennae extending to the fifth ab- 

 dominal segment, sparsely haired, pale yellowish, 14 segments; 

 face light fuscous yellowish, eyes rather large, black. Mesonotum 

 yellowish brown, the submedian lines lighter, rather thickly clothed 

 with long hairs, the posterior median area light reddish yellow. 

 Scutellum light reddish with a few apical setae, postscutellum 

 reddish brown. Abdomen deep reddish orange, the segments 

 sparsely clothed posteriorly with fine hairs. Halteres yellowish 

 transparent basally and apically, light fuscous subapically. Coxae 

 and base of femora yellowish transparent, the remainder of femora, 

 tibiae and tarsi a uniform dark brown, the second and third tarsal 

 segments on the posterior legs fuscous yellowish. 



Bred May 25, 1907 from a small, monothalamous, almost im- 

 perceptible enlargement on the smaller twigs ofCornus pani- 

 c u 1 a t a , taken at Albany, N. Y. 



Type Cecid. ai384, N. Y. State Museum. 



Choristoneura solani n. sp. 



Female. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae extending to the base of 

 the abdomen, sparsely haired, dark brown, 23 segments, the black 

 eyes sparsely margined posteriorly with silvery white. Mesonotum 

 dark reddish brown, broadly and irregularly margined laterally 

 and anteriorly with yellowish white, the submedian lines rather 

 thickly clothed with short, yellowish setae. Scutellum reddish 

 yellow with a few small setae apically, postscutellum reddish brown. 

 Abdomen dark brown, the first abdominal segment thickly clothed 

 with yellowish white scales, the second to fifth segments narrowly 

 margined posteriorly with silvery white, *the latter rather broadly 

 interrupted along the median lines; ovipositor pale yellowish, 

 venter rather thickly suffused with silvery white scales, Halteres 

 pale yellowish transparent. Coxae and base of femora mostly 

 pale yellowish, the other parts of the legs a variable dark brown, 

 the tarsi lighter. 



Bred April 16, 1896 from stem gall onSolanum Caroli- 

 ne n s e taken at Ivy City, D. C. 



Type Cecid. 903, N. Y. State Museum, No. 6822 U. S. Bureau 

 Entomology. 



