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Lasioptera verbenae Felt 

 1912 Felt, E. P. X. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour., 20:150-51 



The midges were reared by Mr P. H. Timbeiiake, Whittier, Cal., 

 from flower-stem galls on Verbena prostrata. 



Lasioptera diplaci Felt 

 1912 Felt, E. P. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour., 20:151 



This midge was reared by P. H. Timberlake from ovoid, stem 

 galls on Diplacus longiflorus collected at Whittier, Cal. 



Lasioptera panici Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. X. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 326 



The female representing this species was taken at Albany, N. Y., 

 June 27, 1906 as she was evidently about to oviposit on Panicum 

 macrocarpa. 



Female. Length 1.25 mm. Antennae dark brown; at least 18 

 segments, the fifth with length scarcely equal to the diameter. 

 Palpi; the first segment rather slender, irregular, the second one- 

 half longer, narrowly oval, the third a little longer, more slender, 

 the fourth twice the length of the third. Mesonotum dark brown, 

 evidently denuded. Scutellum and postscutellum concolorous. 

 Abdomen thickly clothed with black scales, the first four segments 

 with silvery white, submedian spots, those of the posterior segments 

 smaller. Wings hyaline, costa dark brown, the third vein uniting 

 therewith at the basal third. Halteres white. The anterior legs, 

 femora and tibiae pale basally, fuscous apically, the last with a black 

 line from the basal third, posterior legs with femora entirely pale, 

 the tarsi white banded, the anterior narrowly so; claws rather long, 

 stout, evenly curved. Ovipositor nearly as long as the bod} 7 , term- 

 inal lobes long, slender, narrowly rounded. Type Cecid. 403. 



Lasioptera galeopsidis Felt 



1909 Felt, E. P. Econ. Ent. Jour., 2:287 



This species was reared in early June 1909 from irregular stem 

 galls on the common hemp nettle, Galeopsis tetrahit, 

 taken by Cora H. Clarke at Boston, Mass., May 21, 1908. Miss 

 Clarke called our attention to the white, caplike structures over 

 certain exit holes and we were fortunate enough to see a pale orange 

 larva construct this peculiar shelter. The movement of the head 

 was apparently as intelligent as the operations of one of our common 

 caterpillars in shaping its more complex cocoon. The larva moved 

 its head back and forth across the opening, carrying an irregular, 



