I36 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Male. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae twice as long as the body, 

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

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

 distal enlargement greatly produced and almost divided near the 

 middle, the terminal portion long, slender, fingerlike. Palpi; the 

 first segment short, stout, the second a little longer, stouter, the 

 third one-half longer and more slender than the second and the fourth 

 a little longer and more slender than the third. Mesonotum dark 

 brown, the submedian lines sparsely haired. Scutellum reddish 

 brown, postscutellum dark brown. Abdomen sparsely haired, dark 

 brown, the segments narrowly margined posteriorly with fuscous. 

 Genitalia yellowish. Wings hyaline, costa light brown; halteres 

 reddish basally, fuscous brown apically. Legs a nearly uniform light 

 straw, claws long, stout, strongly curved, pul villi nearly as long 

 as the claws. Type Cecid. 1224. 



Aphidoletes fulva Felt 

 1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 397 



This reddish brown male was taken July 17, 1906 on blackberry, 

 Rubus, at Albany, N. Y. 



Male. Length 1.3 mm. Antennae one-half longer than the 

 body, rather thickly haired, dark brown, fuscous basally, the fifth 

 with stems three and four times their diameters, respectively; ter- 

 minal segment, basal portion of the stem greatly produced, the. 

 distal enlargement constricted near the middle and with a length 

 four times its diameter. Palpi; the first segment short, broadly 

 oval, the second nearly twice the length of the first, the third one- 

 half longer than the second, and the fourth a little longer than the 

 third, slightly dilated; face fuscous. Mesonotum dark brown, the 

 narrow, reddish submedian lines thickly haired. Scutellum light 

 brown, yellowish apically, sparsely yellow-haired, postscutellum 

 dark brown. Abdomen reddish brown, the second and third seg- 

 ments fuscous. Genitalia pale yellowish, thickly clothed with long, 

 white hairs. Wings hyaline, costa light brown; halteres yellowish 

 white. Legs nearly uniform fuscous straw, pulvilli as long as the 

 claws. Type Cecid. 530. 



Aphidoletes recurvata Felt 

 1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 397 



The male was taken in August 1905 at Brookline, Mass., by 

 C. W. Johnson. 



Male. Length 2 mm. Antennae a little longer than the body, 

 thickly long haired, dark brown; 14 segments, the fifth with stems 

 each two and one-half times their diameters. Palpi; the first seg- 

 ment short, irregularly oval, the second rather stout, twice the 

 length of tin- preceding, the third one-half longer and more slender 



