REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST I9I4 I4I 



Larva. Length 4 mm; white. Head long, tapering, narrowly 

 [rounded apically. Antennae stout, with a length fully three times 

 the diameter. Body moderately stout, the skin finely ridged 

 [longitudinally, the posterior extremity distinctly bilobed, each lobe 

 /ith a conical, chitinous process apically. Shortly before trans- 

 formation a distinct, lance-shaped, dark brown breastbone may be 

 |observed. The ocular spot is largely obscured by adjacent tissue. 

 For a description of the male, see the citation above. 

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

 Ithe abdomen, thickly haired, fuscous yellowish; 13 subsessile seg- 

 [ments, the fifth subcylindric, with a length two and one-half times its 

 [diameter, a sparse subbasal whorl of short setae and a scattering 

 subapical band of long, slender setae, terminal segment produced, 

 with a length fully three times its diameter and tapering slightly 

 to a narrowly rounded apex. Face fuscous yellowish. Palpi lighter, 

 ;the first segment subquadrate, with a length nearly three times its 

 ■diameter, the second stouter, one-half longer, the third a little 

 [longer than the second, more dilated, the fourth one-half longer 

 than the third. Mesonotum fuscous yellowish, the submedian lines 

 sparsely haired. Scutellum fuscous yellowish, postscutellum a little 

 lighter. Abdomen fuscous yellowish, the stout ovipositor mostly 

 fuscous, yellowish apically. Halteres fuscous yellowish, fuscous 

 subapically. Coxae fuscous yellowish; femora basally a whitish 

 transparent, the distal portion of femora, tibiae and tarsi a light 

 fuscous straw; claws stout; the pulvilli rudimentary. Ovipositor 

 with a length greater than the body; terminal lobes irregular, with 

 a length about three times the greatest width, indistinctly triarticu- 

 late. Type Cecid. a2io9. 



Winnertzia rubida Felt 

 1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 422 



The male was swept from syringa at Albany, N. Y., June 15, 1906. 



Male. Length 1.25 mm. Antennae as long as the body, thickly 

 haired, yellowish brown; 14 segments, the fifth with a stem three- 

 fourths the length of the cylindric basal enlargement, which latter 

 has a length one-half greater than its diameter; terminal segment 

 reduced, conic, with a length three times its diameter. Palpi; first 

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

 a little longer, stouter, the third one-half longer, more slender and 

 the fourth a little longer and more slender. Mesonotum dull black, 

 the submedian lines sparsely haired. Scutellum fuscous, yellowish 

 apically, postscutellum and abdomen dull brown, the latter sparsely 

 clothed with fuscous hairs. Wings hyaline, costa fuscous yellowish. 

 Halteres yellowish fuscous. Legs a neairly uniform yellowish; claws 

 stout, strongly curved; the pulvilli rudimentary. Genitalia; basal 

 clasp segment stout; terminal clasp segment stout, dorsal plate 

 broad, broadly and roundly emarginate, ventral plate short, broad 

 deeply emarginate. Type Cecid. 300. 



