REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST I917 I3I 



Dentifibula caryae Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. no, p. 132; separate, p. 36 

 (Contarinia) 



1908 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 389 



This yellowish species was taken on hickory, Carya, at Albany, 

 N. Y., June 19, 1906. 



Male. Length .75 mm. Antennae longer than the body, thickly 

 haired, pale yellowish; 14 segments, the fifth with stems two and 

 one-half and four times their diameters, respectively; the loops of 

 the circumfilum long; terminal segment somewhat reduced, the 

 basal portion of the stem short, the distal enlargement broadly 

 oval. Palpi short, the first segment short, stout, irregular, the 

 second broadly oval, the third a little longer, more slender. The 

 entire insect is yellowish with the exception of a dark basal spot 

 on the abdomen. Wings hyaline, costa pale yellowish; membrane 

 sparsely clothed with long, curved hairs. Legs pale yellowish; 

 tarsi fuscous; claws simple, evenly curved and as long as the pul- 

 villi. Genitalia; dorsal plate short, broadly and triangularly emar- 

 ginate, the lobes broadly rounded; ventral plate long, broadly 

 rounded. Type Cecid. 332b. 



Dentifibula cocci Felt 



■ 1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 389 

 1914 — ■ Econom. Ent. Jour., 7:458 



This yellowish brown species, loaned through the ccurtesy of the 

 United States National Museum, was reared May 1, 1897 from 

 Aspidiotus uvae Comst., taken in Illinois. 



Male. Length 1 mm. Antennae one-half longer than the body, 

 thickly haired, light brown; 14 segments, the fifth with stems three 

 and fotr times their diameters, respectively, the loops of the circum- 

 filum rather short; terminal segment with the basal portion of the 

 stem reduced, the distal enlargement narrowly oval. Palpi short, 

 the first segment subquadrate, the second narrowly oval, the third 

 one-half longer, slightly expanded. Mesonotum light yellowish 

 brown. Scutellum, postscutellum and abdomen light yellow, the 

 latter with an oval, fuscous spot basally and rather thickly haired. 

 Wings hyaline, costa light brown, the membrane rather thickly 

 clothed with nearly straight hairs; ha! teres yellowish transparent. 

 Legs pale yellowish, the distal tarsal segments light brown, the 

 simple claws slender, evenly curved, hardly as long as the pulvilli. 

 Genitalia; dorsal plate short, deeply and narrowly incised, the lobes 

 broadly rounded; ventral plate short, broadly rounded. Type Cecid. 

 1018. 



Two Indian species, D. ceylanica Felt (N. Y. Ent. Soc. 

 Jour., 23:175, '15) and D. obtusilobae Felt (N. Y. Ent. Soc. 

 Jour., 23:176, '15) were reared from twigs of Cassia alata 



