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fourth one-half longer than the third, more slender, dilated apically, 

 eyes large, black. Mesonotum dark brown. Scutellum yellowish 

 brown, postscutellum dark brown. Abdomen reddish brown. 

 Wings hyaline. Halteres yellowish transparent. Legs dark yel- 

 lowish brown. Ovipositor short, biarticulate, the basal lobe irreg- 

 ularly and broadly subtriangular, the terminal lobe nearly as long 

 as the basal one, narrowly oval, both thickly setose. Type Cecid. 



934- 



Lestremia sylvestris Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. no, p. 102; separate p. 5-6 

 (Catocha) 



1908 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 311 



This species was taken September 23, 1906 in a forest hut at 

 Davidson's River, N. C. 



Female. Length 3 mm. Antennae extending to the second ab- 

 dominal segment, sparsely haired, dark brown, basally pale yel- 

 II segments, the fifth with a stem one-quarter the length 

 of the basal enlargement. Palpi ; the first seg- 

 ment somewhat curved, swollen and thickly 

 clothed distally with stout, capitate setae, the 

 second segment one-half longer than the first, the 

 third and fourth each nearly twice the length of 

 the second ; face pale yellowish, eyes large, dark 

 brown. Mesonotum dark brown, submedian 

 lines dark yellowish, narrow, uniting posteriorly 

 in a median dark yellowish area. Scutellum pale 

 yellowish orange, postscutellum dark brown. 

 Abdomen yellowish brown, incisures and pleurae 

 pale salmon, terminal segments pale yellowish. 

 Wings hyaline ; halteres whitish transparent. 

 Coxae pale yellowish, femora semi-transparent, 

 tibiae and tarsi fuscous yellowish ; claws with a 

 series of minute teeth along the concavity. 

 Ovipositor short, lobes orbicular, thickly setose. 

 Type Cecid. a 1642. 



lowish 



Fig. 20 Fifth 

 of Lestremia 

 sylvestris, en- 

 larged. (Original) 



Lestremia sambuci Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. no, p. 101-2; separate, p. 5 

 (Catocha) 



1908 — N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 311 



This species was taken August 6, 1906 at Albany on elder, 

 Sambucus canadensis. 



Female. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae one-third the length of the 

 body, sparsely haired, dark brown, fuscous yellowish basally; 11 

 segments, the fifth with a stem one-fourth the length of the basal 

 enlargement, which latter has a length thrice its diameter. Palpi; 

 the first segment broadly rounded, subquadrate, the second as long 



