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was also found abundant under and on the tree and it may prove 

 to be a natural enemy of this species. 



Itonida claytoniae Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. no, p. 133; separate, p. 36-37 

 (Cecidomyia) 



1908 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 415 (Cecidomyia) 



This reddish brown male was taken May i8, 1906 on C 1 a y - 

 tenia virginica at Albany, N. Y. 



Male. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae longer than the body, thickly 

 haired, light brown; fourteen segments, the fifth with stems one 

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

 distal enlargement strongly constricted at the basal third and with 

 a subglobular appendage. Palpi; the first and second segments 

 suboval, nearly equal, the third one-half longer than the second, 

 and the fourth one-half longer than the third. Face reddish. Meso- 

 notirm dark brown, the submedian lines paler. Scutellum reddish, 

 postscutellum and probably abdomen reddish brown, the latter 

 sparsely yellow haired. Wings hyaline, costa dark brown. Halteres 

 reddish transparent. Legs dark brown, lighter ventrally; tarsi pale 

 yellow; claws slender, strongly curved at the apical third. Geni- 

 talia; dorsal plate narrow, short, deeply and triangularly incised, 

 the lobes well separated, narrowly rounded; ventral plate as broad 

 as the dorsal plate, deeply and roundly emarginate, the lobes well 

 separated, narrowly rounded; style stout, the edges irregularly 

 convolute, broadly rounded. Type Cecid. 46. 



Itonida hartmaniae n. sp. 



The male described below was taken near a decaying hickory 

 stump at Albany, N. Y., April 15, 191 1. 



Male. Length 2 mm. Antennae one-fourth longer than the body, 

 thickly haired, dark brown; fourteen segments, the fifth with stems 

 two and one-half and three and one-half times their diameters; 

 terminal segment, distal enlargement with a length nearly four times 

 its diameter, a constriction near the basal third and apically a long, 

 stout, tapering process. Palpi; first segment subrectangular, with 

 a length three times its diameter, the second about as long as the 

 first, a little stouter, the third one-half longer than the second, more 

 slender, the fourth one-half longer than the third, dilated. Meso- 

 notum slaty brown, the submedian lines sparsely haired. Scutelltmi 

 fuscous yellowish, postscutellimi dark brown. Abdomen sparsely 

 haired, dark reddish brown; genitalia dark brown. Wings hyaline, 

 costa light brown; halteres yellowish basally, fuscous reddish and 

 thickly setose apically. Coxae dark brown; femora mostly reddish 

 brown; tibiae darker, the posterior with a broad subapical band of 

 yellowish scales; tarsi mostly dark brown, the two distal segments 

 on the anterior legs yellowish brown; claws stout, evenly curved, 

 simple, the pulvilli about Qne-third the length of the claws. Geni- 



