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as the first, subquadrate, the third more slender, one-half longer 

 and the fourth one-quarter longer than the third ; face fuscous yel- 

 lowish, eyes fuscous. Mesonotum reddish brown, submedian lines 

 indistinct. Scutellum and postscutellum a fuscous reddish yellow. 

 Abdomen fuscous yellow-, membrane and pleurae lighter ; ovipositor 



Fig. 21 Palpus of Lestremia sylvestris, enlarged. (Original) 



slightly fuscous. Wings hyaline. Halteres yellowish basally, fus- 

 cous apically. Legs dark fuscous yellowish, the first tarsal segment 

 as long as the following segments ; claw^s apparently finely dentate. 

 Ovipositor short, terminal lobes broadly subquadrate, slightly con- 

 stricted basally, thickly setose. Type Cecid. 743. 



Lestremia kansensis Felt 

 1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 311 



This species was taken in Douglas county, Kansas, by Mr E. S. 

 Tucker in Alay. 



Female. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae extending to the third ab- 

 dominal segment, thickly haired, light brown, yellowish basally ; 1 1 

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

 enlargement, which latter has a length a little over twice its 

 diameter ; terminal segment with a length about four times its 

 diameter, distal part slender, irregularly fusiform, apically with a 

 fingerlike process. Palpi ; the first segment short, stout, narrowly 

 oval, second segment slender, with a length one-half greater than 

 the first, the third one-half longer than the second and more slender, 

 the fourth about twice the length of the third, slender. Mesonotum 



