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ddd Abdomen reddish brown, length 1.25 mm; fifth antennal seg- 

 ment having the stems with a length one and one-half and 



two and one-half times the diameters respectively 



c a r p i n i Felt, C. 347 



Parallelodiplosis rubrascuta Felt 

 1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. no, p. 142-43; separate, p. 46 

 (Cecidomyia) 



igo8 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 411 (Clinodiplosis) 



The dark-red male was taken June i, 1906 on ash, Fraxinus, at 

 Albany, N. Y. 



Male. Length .75 mm. Antennae about twice the length of the 

 body, thickly haired, yellowish brown; fourteen segments, the fifth 

 with stems one and two times their diameters respectively; terminal 

 segment, the distal enlargement thickened, slightly prolonged and a 

 tapering, fingerlike apex. Palpi; the first segm.ent short, irregularly 

 subquadrate, the second twice the length of the first, rather stout, 

 the third one-fourth longer than the second, slender, the fourth 

 about as long as the third, more slender, face dark brown. Mesono- 

 tum with the anterior median and posterior sublateral lobes dark 

 brown, the intermediate spaces lighter. Scutellum reddish brown, 

 postscutellimi dark brown. Abdomen dark brown, sparsely clothed 

 with yellowish hairs. Wings (pi. 15, fig. 3) hyaline, costa light 

 brown; halteres yellowish transparent. Legs slightly variable, pale 

 straw color, femora somewhat darker apically; claws slender, strongly 

 curved. Genitalia (pi. 20, fig. 3); dorsal plate broad, deeply and 

 narrowly incised, the lobes moderately well separated, tapering, the 

 external posterior angle slightly produced, the submedian posterior 

 margin truncate, each lobe with several large, stout setae; ventral 

 plate very long, slender, broadly rounded; style long, slender, acutely 

 rounded. Type Cecid. 93. 



Parallelodiplosis florida Felt 

 1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 411 (Chnodiplosis) 

 1918 • N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 200, p. 82 



This yellowish brown male was reared January 24, 1883 from leaf 

 galls on the round-leafed scrub oak, Quercus, at Georgiana, Fla. 

 The living insect, according to Pergande, is orange-colored, the 

 antennae dusky and the mesonotum with a broad, black stripe, the 

 posterior margin of the abdomen somewhat brownish. 



Gall. Pocketlike swellings along the midrib, grayish yellow in 

 color and each containing one or two orange-colored larvae. 



Male. Length i mm. Antennae nearly twice the length of the 

 body, thickly haired, pale yellowish; fourteen segments, the fifth 

 with stems one and one-half and two times their diameters, respec- 

 tively; terminal segment, distal enlargement produced, subcorneal, 

 with a length nearly three times its diameter, tapering to a short, 



