REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST [Oj6 141 



from 2 to 5 cm in length and occur only on one side of the twig 

 or smaller stems. They present a marked, general resemblance to 

 similar deformities caused by Neolasioptera sambuci 

 Felt. 



Larva. Length 2 mm, rather stout, pale orange. Head small; 

 antennae slender; breastbone slender, bidentate, slightly expanded 

 apically, subobsolete distally; skin finely shagreened; posterior 

 extremity broadly rounded. 



Male. Length about 2.5 mm. Antennae dark brown, basally 

 yellowish; 20 segments, the fifth with a length a little less than 

 the diameter; terminal segment produced, narrowly oval. Palpi; 

 the first segment short, narrowly oval, the second one-half longer, 

 a little stouter, the third a little longer and more slender than the 

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

 The markings of the male differ from those of the female in that 

 the mesonotum is more or less suffused with silvery hairs. Coloration 

 of the abdomen the same, except that the apical segments appear 

 to have a row of shining gray hairs. Genitalia; basal clasp segment 

 long, stout; terminal clasp segment swollen at the base; dorsal 

 plate broad, deeply and narrowly incised; ventral plate long, narrow, 

 broadly rounded. Harpes stout, tapering. 



Female. Length 1.75 mm. Antennae dark brown, basally pale 

 yellowish; 23 segments, the fifth with a length about three-fourths 

 the diameter; terminal segment somewhat produced, narrowly 

 rounded apically. Palpi pale yellowish, the first segment presumably 

 short, stout, subquadrate, the second rather stout, with a length 

 about one-half greater than its diameter, the third more slender 

 and one-fourth longer than the second, the fourth more slender 

 and one-half longer than the third. Face rather thickly clothed 

 with silvery scales. Mesonotum dark brown, broadly and variably 

 margined anteriorly with silvery white, the submedian lines sparsely 

 clothed with fine hairs. Scutellum fuscous yellowish, postscutellum 

 a little darker. Abdomen dark brown, 'the first segment thickly 

 clothed with silvery white scales, the second segment with a narrow 

 median, triangular mark posteriorly of silvery white, the third 

 and fourth broadly margined posteriorly with silvery white, the 

 markings produced on the median line, obsolete laterally, the fifth 

 and sixth very narrowly margined posteriorly with yellowish, the 

 seventh and ovipositor mostly pale yellow, the venter dark brown 

 with a broad median silvery white stripe. Wings hyaline, costa 

 dark brown, third vein joining costa well before the basal half. 

 Halteres yellowish transparent. Coxae pale yellowish; femora 

 yellowish white, with a variable light brown band near the middle; 

 tibiae dark brown basally, yellowish apically; tarsi a nearly uniform 

 dark brown; claws long, slender, strongly curved, the pulvilli about 

 as long as the claws. Ovipositor nearly as long as the abdomen, 

 terminal lobes slender, broadly rounded apically. 



