174 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Male. Length .75 mm. Antennae fully twice as long as the 

 body, thickly haired, pale brown; fourteen segments, the fifth with 

 stems two and two and one-half times their diameters, respectively. 

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

 twice the length of the preceding, fusiform, the third a Httle shorter, 

 more slender, the fourth a little longer than the third, stouter. 

 Mesonotimi rather dark brown, submedian lines with sparse setae. 

 Scutellimi yellowish brown. Abdomen somewhat variable reddish 

 brown with the terminal segment and pleurae yellowish, rather 

 thickly clothed with yellowish white hairs, specially laterally. Wings 

 hyaline, costa light brown; halteres yellowish transparent. Legs a 

 nearly uniform pale straw color T\dth the articulations tinged with 

 carmine; claws slender, strongly curved at the distal fourth. Geni- 

 talia; dorsal plate broad, deeply and triangularly incised, the lobes 

 well separated, obliquely and irregularly truncate, the lateral angles 

 and a slightly produced middle angle, each with a stout apical seta; 

 ventral plate long, slender, broadly and triangularly emarginate, 

 the lobes short, stout, obtuse; style long, slender, swollen at the 

 distal fourth, narrowly rounded. Type Cecid. 228. 



Parallelodiplosis pratensis Felt 

 1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 4x2 (Clinodiplosis) 

 This dark reddish brown male was taken August 6, 1906 on Pine, 

 Pinus strobus,at Albany, N. Y. 



Male. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae fully one-fourth longer than 

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

 with stems each with a length three and one-half times its diameter. 

 Palpi; first segment subquadrate, the second one-half longer than 

 the first, the third a little longer than the second, more slender, the 

 fourth more slender and one-half longer than the third. Face 

 fuscous. Mesonotum light brown, submedian lines fuscous yellow- 

 ish. Scutellum reddish brown, postscutellum fuscous yellowish. 

 Abdomen fuscous reddish brown, the segments margined posteriorly 

 with fuscous. Genitalia fuscous yellowish. Wings hyaline, costa 

 light brown. Halteres pale yellowish. Legs fuscous straw the 

 distal tarsal segments lighter; claws stout, strongly curved. Geni- 

 talia; dorsal plate short, deeply incised, the lobes widely separated, 

 roundly truncate; ventral plate long, narrow, slightly emarginate, 

 the lobes broadly rounded; style long, slender, swollen at the basal 

 and apical fourths, acutely rounded. Type Cecid. 741. 



Parallelodiplosis carpini Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. no, p. 135; separate, p. 38-39 

 (Clinodiplosis) 



1908 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 412 (Clinodiplosis) 



This reddish brown male was taken June 21, 1906 on ironwood, 

 Carpinus caroliniana, at Albany, N . Y. 



