REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST I912 I4I 



Lestremia franconiae Felt 

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



This species, loaned by the United States National Museum for 

 study, was taken by Mrs A. T. Slosson at Franconia, N. H. 



Male. Length 1.75 mm. Antennae as long as the body, sparsely 

 haired, dark brown; presumably 16 segments, the fourth with a 

 stem as long as the fusiform basal enlargement. Palpi; the first 

 segment subrectangular, with a length nearly three times its diam- 

 eter and with a conspicuous sensory area distally, the second nearly 

 twice the length of the first, more slender, the third almost twice 

 as long as the second, more slender, and the fourth one-half longer 

 and more slender than the third ; eyes large, black. Mesonotum 

 reddish brown. Scutellum light yellowish brown, postscutellum 

 darker. Abdomen a dark yellowish brown ; genitalia yellowish. 

 Wings hyaline ; halteres yellowish transparent. Legs a pale yellow- 

 ish brown, the tarsi slightly darker ; claws simple, the pulvilli dis- 

 tinctly shorter than the claws. Genitalia ; dorsal plate long, broad, 

 deeply and triangularly emarginate, the lobes widely divergent, 

 broad, somewhat excavated. Harpes long, slender, swollen near 

 the distal third, tapering, narrowly rounded ; style stout, tapering, 

 narrowly rounded. Type Cecid. 930. 



Lestremia dyari Felt 

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



This form, loaned for study by the United States National Mus- 

 eum, was taken June 7th at Casio, B. C, by Dr H. G. Dyar. 



Male. Length 1.75 mm. Antennae as long as the body, sparsely 

 haired, dark brown, yellowish basally ; 16 segments, the fourth with 

 a stem one-fourth longer than the subcylindric basal enlargement, 

 which latter has a length twice its diameter ; terminal segment with 

 the basal portion produced, the distal stem rudimentary. Palpi ; 

 the first segment, with a length three times its diameter, the second 

 a little longer than the first, more slender, the third about twice as 

 long as the second, more slender, the fourth a little longer and more 

 slender than the third. Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian 

 lines pale yellowish. Scutellum yellowish brown, postscutellum red- 

 dish brown. Abdomen dark reddish brown, sparsely clothed with 

 fine hairs, genitalia dull orange. Wings hyaline, costa light brown. 

 Halteres yellowish transparent. Coxae, femora and tibiae fuscous 

 yellowish, tarsi dark brown ; claws stout, the concavity finely dentic- 

 ulate, the pulvilli shorter than the claws. Genitalia ; dorsal plate 

 long, broad, broadly and roundly emarginate, the lateral angles 

 produced ; ventral plate apparently absent. Harpes long, slender, 

 tapering, narrowly rounded ; setose ; style stout at base, tapering, 

 narrowly rounded. Type Cecid. 935. 



