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bb Apical lobe broad, irregularly triangular, almost quadrate, the fifth 

 antennal segment having stems with a length two and one-half and 



three times their diameters, respectively (West Indian) 



s p i n o s a Felt, C. a.U)$6 

 aaa Apical lobe of the basal clasp segment slender 



b Subapical lobe short, broad and distinct, the fifth antennal segment | 

 having stems with a length one and one-half and two and one-half 



times their diameters, respectively speciosa Felt, C. 1454 



bb No subapical lobe, the apical lobe short, stoutly spined and with sides ; 

 nearly parallel; the fifth antennal segment having stems with a 

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



q u e r c i n a Felt, C. 271 

 aaaa Apical lobe of the basal clasp segment rudimentary, terminal clasp seg- • 

 ment short, stout, fifth antennal segment having stems with a length 1 

 one and one-fourth and two and one-half times their diameters respec- ' 

 tively coccidarum Felt 



Lobodiplosis acerina Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. vState Mus. Bui. no, p. 129; separate, p. 33 

 (Mycodiplosis) 



1908 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 398 



This small, pale orange species appears to be widely distributed, 

 since it was taken at Nassau, N. Y., June 11, 1906 on a window; at' 

 Albany, N. Y., June 15th on soft maple and ehokecherry ; on red 

 cedar at Westfield, N. Y., July 11, 1906; on elder at Newport, N. Y| 

 July 25, 1906; was captured August 17th by Prof. C. W. Johnson at' 

 Brookline, Mass., and by C. P. Alexander at Johnstown, N. Y., 

 July 20, 1909. 



Male. Length 1 mm. Antennae about as long as the body, 

 thickly haired, light brown; 14 segments, the fifth binodose, almost' 

 trinodose, the stems two and three times their diameters, respectively; 

 terminal segment, basal stem with a length six times its diameter, 

 the distal enlargement cylindric, with a length three times its 

 diameter, apically an irregular, fingerlike process. Palpi; the first 

 segment short, stout, irregular, the second stout, with a length 

 three times its diameter, the third a little longer and more slender, 

 the fourth a little longer and more slender than the third. Face* 

 fuscous yellowish. Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian lines 

 yellowish, rather thickly clothed with fuscous setae. Scutellum pale 

 orange, postscutellum and abdomen a variable dark orange, the 

 latter rather thickly setose. Wings hyaline, costa dark red. Hal- 

 teres yellowish red basally, yellowish white apically. Coxae pale 

 reddisli brown. Legs dark brown, lighter ventrally; claws stout, 

 strongly curved, the pulvilli about one-half the' length of the claws. 

 Genitalia; basal clasp segment long, stout, the terminal lobe broad, 

 evenly rcunded and setose apically; terminal clasp segment stout,' 

 slightly curved; dorsal plate broad, deeply incised, the lobes broadly 



