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Dasyneura communis Felt 



191 1 Felt, E. P. Econ. Ent. Jour., 4:478-79 



This species was reared in early spring of 1909 from jars con- 

 taining soft maple, Acer rubrum, leaves bearing thickened 

 pouch galls along the veins. The galls are often reddish (pi. 2, 

 fig. 6) on the upper side and have a length of one-fourth inch or 

 more. It was also obtained from a number of jars containing various 

 galls and debris. There is grave doubt as to this species causing the 

 gall mentioned above. A species of Polygnotus was reared from 

 this gall. 



Dasyneura rufipedalis Felt 

 1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 349 

 This dark brown species was taken on red clover at Karner, N. Y., 

 June 4, 1906. 



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

 dominal segment, sparsely haired, dark brown ; 16 segments, the 

 fifth slightly oval, with a length three-quarters greater than its 

 diameter ; terminal segment reduced, narrowly oval. Palpi ; first 

 segment short, subquadrate, the second swollen, roundly rectangu- 

 lar, the third one-half longer, slender, the fourth one-half lons^er 

 than the third. Mesonotum dark brown, the distinct submedian 

 lines yellow haired. Scutellum vellowish brown, postscutelhim red- 

 dish brown. Abdomen dark brown, sparsely clothed with fine 

 hairs. Wings hyaline, costa dark brown. Halteres yellowish trans- 

 parent. Femora mostly pale straw, brownish apically ; tibiae and 

 tarsi reddish brown ; distal tarsal segments slightly darker ; claws 

 slender, strongly curved, the pulvilli about as long as the claws 

 Ovipositor lonq-er than the body, the terminal lobes slender, with ? 

 lensfth more than four times the width, narrowly rounded. Type 

 Cecid. 127. 



Dasyneura purpurea Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 349 



This dark brown species was reared September 27, 1907 from 

 enlarged florets of the Joe-Pye weed, Eupatorium purpur- 

 e u m, taken both on Staten Island and at Karner, N. Y. 



Gall. Length i cm, diameter .4 cm. An oval or fusiform, bud- 

 like, purplish enlargement (pi. 4, fig. 15) inhabited by yellowish 

 larvae. 



Female. Length 2 mm. Antennae extending to the third ab- 

 dominal segment, sparsely haired, dark brown ; 16 segments, the 



