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hyaline, costa light brown ; halteres whitish transparent. Legs ligh^ 

 brown, lighter ventrally, tarsi darker ; claws stout, uniformly curved 

 Ovipositor about as long as the body, terminal lobes with a length 

 seven times the width. Type Cecid. i6o. 



Dasyneura glandis Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 342 



This species, studied through the courtesy of the United States 

 National Museum, was reared by Miss M. E. Murtfeldt of Kirk- 

 wood, Mo., October 20, 1896 from larvae found between the seed 

 coats of an acorn, Quercus species. 



Exuviae. Length 1.25 mm; antennal cases extending to the 

 second abdominal segment, the wing cases nearly to the fourth 

 abdominal segment and the leg cases almost to the tip of the ab- 

 domen. Cephalic horns long, slender. Near the base of the 

 antennae, arising from conspicuous tubercles, are a pair of ex- 

 tremely long, slender setae. Dorsum of the abdomen thickly clothed 

 with minute, chitinous points, the latter strongly developed near 

 the anterior fourth of each segment. Color pale yellowish or 

 whitish. 



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

 dominal segment, sparsely haired, light brown; 14 sessile segments, 

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

 terminal segment greatly produced, with a length about five times 

 its diameter and tapering to a narrowly rounded apex. Palpi ; the 

 first segment rather long, swollen near the distal third, the second 

 narrowly oval, with a length over twice its diameter, the third 

 one-half longer and more slender than the second, the fourth about 

 twice as long as the third. Mesonotum dark brown. Scutellum 

 reddish brown, postscutellum yellowish brown. Abdomen yellowish 

 brown. Wings hyaline, costa dark brown. Halteres yellowish 

 transparent. Legs mostly a light yellowish brown, the distal tarsal 

 segments darker; claws long, slender, strongly curved, the pulvilli 

 shorter than the claws. Ovipositor one-half longer than the body ; 

 terminal lobes with a length about three times the diameter, taper- 

 ing, narrowly rounded. Type Cecid. 1030. 



Dasyneura aurihirta Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 342 



This species was taken on New Jersey tea, Ceanothus 

 americanus, at Albany, N. Y., July 6, 1906. 



Female. Length 1.6 mm. Antennae extending to the fourth 

 abdominal segment, sparsely haired, dark brown, yellowish basally ; 

 14 subsessile segments, the fifth with a length over twice its diam- 

 eter, slightly constricted near the basal third, tapering distally ; 



