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first segment rather short, stout, with a length about twice its 

 diameter, the second a Httle longer, rounded at the extremities, 

 the third one-fourth longer and more slender and the fourth one- 

 half longer than the third, more slender, face yellowish. Mesono- 

 tum reddish brown, the submedian lines pale yellowish. Scutellum 

 light reddish brown, postscutellum a little lighter. Abdomen fuscous 

 yellowish, the second to seventh segments shaded with light brown ; 

 genitalia fuscous, venter light yellowish. Wings hyaline, costa dark 

 brown. Halteres yellowish basally, light brown apically. Legs 

 light straw, the distal tarsal segments darker; claws long, slender, 

 strongly curved, the pulvilli nearly as long as the claws. Genitalia ; 

 basal and terminal clasp segments long, stout; dorsal plate short, 

 broad, deeply and triangularly incised; ventral plate narrow, long, 

 deeply and roundly emarginate ; harpes broad at base, long, tapering. 

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

 abdomen, thickly haired, brown, yellowish basally; 13 subsessile 

 segments, the fifth with a length one-half greater than its diameter ; 

 terminal segment somewhat produced, narrowly oval. Ovipositor 

 pale yellowish, about as long as the body, the terminal lobes long, 

 broad, narrowly rounded. Other characters as in the male. Type 

 Cecid. a 1 648a. 



Dasyneura vitis Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 341 



This species was reared July 16, 1907 from a tumid gall on grape, 

 Vitis sp., taken at West Nyack, N. Y., and presumed to be that of 

 Lasioptera vitis O. S. This form is probably an inquiline. 



Female. Length .75 mm. Antennae extending to the base of 

 the abdomen, sparsely haired, dark brown; 13 sessile segments, the 

 fifth with a length about two and one-half times its diameter ; 

 terminal segment much produced, with a length about four times 

 its diameter, narrowly rounded. Mesonotum dark brown, the 

 scutellum, postscutellum and basal abdominal segments fuscous yel- 

 lowish, the distal ones yellowish. Wings hyaline, costa dark brown. 

 Halteres yellowish basally, slightly fuscous apically. Legs a variable 

 fuscous yellowish ; claws long, slender, strongly curved, the pulvilli 

 a little shorter than the claws. Ovipositor about one-third the length 

 of the abdomen, stout, the lobe with a length nearly thrice its diam- 

 eter, narrowly rounded. Type Cecid. aii65b. 



Dasyneura karnerensis Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 341 



This species was taken June 4, 1906 on aster or solidago at 



Earner, N. Y. 



Female. Length i mm. Antennae extending to the fourth ab- 

 dominal segment, thickly haired, dark brown; 13 subcylindric seg- 

 ments, the fifth with a length "three times its diameter; terminal 



