REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST I918 II9 



Male. Length .75 mm. Antennae a little longer than the body, 

 thickly haired, light straw, yellowish basally; fourteen segments, the 

 fifth with stems two and one-half and three and one-half times their 

 diameter respectively; terminal segment, distal enlargement pro- 

 duced, with a length over twice its diameter and tapering to a sub- 

 acute apex. Palpi; first segment short, subquadrate, the second 

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

 slender, the fourth one-fourth longer than the third, dilated. Face 

 pale yellowish. Thorax a light salmon, the sides yellowish. Abdo- 

 men pale yellowish, the genitalia fuscous apically. Wings hyaline, 

 costa pale j^ellowish; membrane tinged with yellowish; halteres 

 yellowish transparent. Legs pale yellowish, the distal segments 

 slightly fuscous; claws slender, strongly curved and slightly enlarged 

 near the middle, the pulvilli shorter than the claws. Genitalia; 

 basal clasp segment rather long; terminal clasp segment swollen 

 basally, long; dorsal plate broad, narrowly and triangularly emar- 

 ginate, the lobes irregularly rounded; ventral plate long, broad, 

 narrowly and triangularly emarginate. Type Cecid. ai578b. 



Giardom3da noveboracensis Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 405 



This fuscous yellowish male was taken June 10, 1906, at Nassau 

 N. Y. 



Male. Length i mm. Antennae fully twice as long as the body, 

 rather thickly clothed with fine hairs, light brown, the stems prob- 

 ably whitish; fourteen segments, the fifth with stems three and four 

 and one-half times their diameters respectively; terminal segment, 

 basal portion of the stem and the distal enlargement slightly pro- 

 longed, the latter subcylindric and with a long, spindle-shaped apex. 

 Palpi; the first segment subquadrate, swollen distally, the second 

 one-half longer than the preceding, narrowly oval, the third a little 

 longer and the fourth still longer than the preceding; face pale 

 yellowish. Mesonotum dark brown, the yellowish submedian lines 

 sparsely clothed with light hairs. Scutellum pale orange, postscu- 

 tellum fuscous orange. Abdomen fuscous yellow, rather thickly 

 clothed with yellowish hairs, genitalia yellowish. Wings hyaline, 

 costa reddish brown; halteres whitish transparent. Legs nearly 

 uniform pale straw; claws rather stout, evenly curved, simple. 

 Genitalia ; basal clasp segment long, stout ; terminal clasp segment 

 greatly swollen at the base; dorsal plate broad, deeply and tri- 

 angularly incised, the lobes obliquely truncate; ventral plate broad, 

 long, tapering, broadly roimded. Type Cecid. 197X. 



Giardomyia photophila Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. no, p. 134; separate, p. 37-38 

 (phosphila) 



1908 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 405 



This bright carmine male was taken June 16, 1906, in a trap lantern 

 at Newport, N, Y. 



