REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1917 



153 



by the late Mr L. H. Joutel at Newfoundland, N. J., the midge 

 issuing September 14, 1907. 



Male. Length 1.25 mm. Antennae one-fourth longer than the 

 body, sparsely haired, yellowish; 14 segments, the fifth with stems 

 three and one-half and four and one-half times their diameters 

 respectively; terminal segment produced, the distal enlargement 

 with a length three times its diameter and with a rather long, stout, 

 apical process. Palpi; first segment irregular, the second with a 

 length four times'its diameter, the third nearly as long as the second, 

 the fourth one-third longer than the second. Face pale fuscous. 

 Mesonotum yellowish, the submedian lines narrow, yellowish. 

 Scutellum and postscutellum yellowish, the abdomen fuscous yel- 

 owish, the membrane and pleurae yellowish. Costa fuscous straw, 



Fig. 54 Dicrodiplosis populi, Fig. 55 Dicrodiplosis pop - 



fifth antennal segment of male (en- u 1 f, palpus of male (enlarged, orig- 

 larged, original) inal) 



the third vein well beyond the apex. Halteres yellowish, tinge d 

 with red. Coxae and femora basally yellowish, the distal portio 11 

 of femora and tibiae somewhat fuscous, the tarsi yellowish; claw s 

 slender, evenly curved, the pul villi about half the length of the claws. 

 Genitalia; basal clasp segment long, stout; terminal clasp segment 

 short; dorsal plate short, broad, narrowly and triangularly emar- 

 ginate; the lobes broad, roundly emarginate, the lateral angles pro- 

 duced; ventral plate long, broad, broadly and roundly emarginate. 

 Type Cecid. a 1743. 



Dicrodiplosis fulva n. sp. 

 The male was reared May 9, 191 1 from numerous leaf galls on 

 Quercus alba collected by the late Miss Cora H. Clarke at 



