REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST I9I4 2ig 



Male. Length .75 mm. Antennae hardly extending to the base 

 of the abdomen, sparsely haired, dark brown; 12 segments, the 

 fifth subsessile; terminal segment slightly produced, obtuse distally. 

 Palpi; the first and second segments short, subquadrate, the third 

 about the length of the two preceding, slender, the fourth a little 

 longer and more slender than the third. Face reddish brown. 

 Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian lines thickly clothed with 

 brownish hairs. Scutellum reddish brown, postscutellum dark 

 brown. Abdomen light brown with a yellowish cast laterally. 

 Wings hyaline, costa light brown. Halteres pale reddish basally, 

 yellowish white apically. Legs pale brown, lighter ventrally; tarsi 

 a little darker; claws slender, uniformly curved. Genitalia; basal 

 clasp segment stout, basally, a long, quadrate internal lobe; terminal 

 clasp segment stout; dorsal plate broad, deeply and broadly emargi- 

 nate; ventral plate broad, deeply and roundly emarginate. Type 

 Cecid. 83. 



Janetiella brevicomis Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. no, p. 122 (separate, p. 25-26) 

 (Oligotrophus) 



1908 — — — N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 372 



This fuscous yellowish species was taken on Solidago at Nassau, 

 N. Y., June 14, 1906. 



Male. Length i mm. Antennae extending to the base of the 

 abdomen, rather thickly haired, dark brown, yellowish basally; 

 12 segments, the fifth with a length a little greater than its 

 diameter; terminal segment slightly prolonged, ovoid. Palpi; the 

 first segment short, subquadrate, the second twice the length of the 

 preceding, narrowly oval, the third one-half longer, much more 

 slender, slightly dilated subapically, the terminal segment about 

 as long as the preceding, slightly broader; face pale yellowish. 

 Mesonotum dark brown with submedian lines yellowish, sparsely 

 ornamented with fine setae. Scutellum reddish orange, post- 

 scutellum dark brown. Abdomen nearly uniform fuscous yellowish, 

 genitalia somewhat fuscous. Wings hyaline, costa dark brown; 

 halteres whitish transparent basally, yellowish apically. Legs 

 nearly uniform pale straw, the distal segments dark brown; claws 

 rather slender, uniformly curved. Genitalia; basal clasp segment 

 long, stout; terminal clasp segment short, stout, slightly swollen at the 

 basal third; dorsal plate broad, deeply and triangularly emargi- 

 nate; ventral plate narrow, deeply and roundly emarginate. Harpes 

 short, stout, irregularly tuberciilate, truncate. Type Cecid. 281. 



Janetiella sanguinea Felt 

 1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 372 



The reddish female described below has 12 subsessile antennal 

 segments and a rather short ovipositor. It was taken in the vicinity 

 of wild cherry, Prunus serotina, at Nassau, N. Y., May 15, 

 1906. 



