REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST I916 



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Representatives of this genus may be distinguished from Lasioptera 

 and its close allies by the third and fourth antennal segments being 

 free or nearly so, they and those distally being produced and with 

 distinct tubercles as in Dasyneura, the simple fifth vein and the 

 rudimentary pulvilli, in connection with the simple or but slightly 

 toothed claws and the produced labium apparently bearing well 

 developed labial palpi. The type species, B. salicorniae 

 Kieff., was reared from enlargements of the stem of S a 1 i c o r n i a 

 fruticosa taken by Doctor Baldrati in Italy. 



The following characters were drafted from types generously 

 placed at our disposal by Professor Kieffer. 



Baldratia salicorniae Kieff. 



Male. Length 2 mm. Antennae extending to the base of the 

 abdomen; 13 segments, the first obconic, the second slightly enlarged, 

 globose, the third and fourth free, the fifth cylindric, with a length 

 one-half greater than its diameter, a sparse subbasal whorl of short 

 setae and a rather thick subapical whorl of longer, stout setae arising 

 from distinct tubercles. Terminal segment somewhat produced, 

 evidently two closely fused segments. Mouth-parts slightly pro- 

 duced, the labium narrowly rounded, the^labium distinct, divided, 



Fig. 6 Baldra- 



Fig. 7 Baldra- 



tia salicor- 



tia salicor- 



niae, third and 



niae, side view 



fourth antennal 



of claws of male, 



segments of male, 



enlarged (origi- 



enlarged (origi- 



nal) 



nal) 





Fig. 5 Baldratia sali- 

 corniae , mouth-parts of 

 male, enlarged (original) 



the lobes broadly rounded, labial palpi well developed, irregular, 

 with a length twice the diameter; maxillary palpi slender, with 

 a length six times their diameter. Wings nearly as in Lasioptera; 

 subcosta uniting with the anterior margin at the basal third, the 

 third vein at the basal half, both thickly scaled, the fifth vein 

 joining the posterior margin at the distal fourth, the sixth at the 

 basal half. Claws rather long, stout, unidentate, the tooth small, 



