REPORT OF THE STATIC ENTOMOLOGIST [916 167 



Female. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae dark brown; 21 or 22 seg- 

 ments, the fifth with a length about equal to its diameter; terminal 

 segment slightly prolonged, obtusely rounded distally. Palpi; 

 the first segment short, subquadrate, the second subrectangular, 

 one-half longer than the preceding, the third one-half longer than 

 the second and the fourth one-third longer than the third. Face 

 dark brown, eyes large, black. Mesonotum dark brown, submedian 

 lines sparsely clothed with fine hairs. Scutellum dark brown, 

 postscutellum and abdomen nearly uniform dark brown. Wings 

 (pi. 5, fig. 3) hyaline, costa dark brown, the third vein uniting with 

 the margin just beyond the middle; halteres yellowish transparent 

 basally, whitish transparent apically. Legs a nearly uniform dark 

 brown, lighter ventrally, distal tarsal segment somewhat darker; 

 claws stout, uniformly curved. Ovipositor probably nearly as long 

 as the body, the terminal lobe long, slender, rather narrowly rounded 

 and with a group of stout hooks. Type Cecid. 130. 



Lasioptera quercina Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. no, p. 108; separate, p. 12 



1908 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 327 



The female representing this species was taken on white oak, 

 Quercus alba, at Albany, N. Y., June 1, 1906. 



Female. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae dark brown; 18 segments, 

 the fifth with a diameter nearly tw r ice its length. Palpi; the first 

 segment short, sub triangular, expanded distally, the second nearly 

 twice as long as the preceding, swollen basally, the third a little 

 longer than the second, slightly enlarged distally, the fourth one- 

 third longer than the third. Mesonotum dark brown. Scutellum 

 and postscutellum very dark brown. Abdomen nearly uniform 

 reddish brown, rather thickly clothed with ferruginous hairs. Wings 

 hyaline, costa basally, subcosta and the third vein thickly clothed 

 with dark brown or black scales except at the whitish discal spot, 

 the third vein uniting with costa at the basal third ; halteres yellow- 

 ish transparent. Coxae yellowish or reddish yellow, transparent, 

 femora and tibiae dark brown, lighter at articulations, tarsi dark 

 brown; claws rather slender, uniformly curved. Ovipositor two-thirds 

 the length of the abdomen, terminal lobes broad, narrowly rounded. 

 Type Cecid. 96. 



Lasioptera spiraeafolia Felt 



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



This small, yellowish species was reared July 16, 1909 from a 

 somewhat conspicuous, yellowish brown blister gall on Spiraea 

 s a 1 i c i f o 1 i a taken by Cora H. Clarke at Magnolia, Mass. 

 Several shipments of this gall have been received and a number of 

 parasites reared therefrom. 



Gall. 3 mm in diameter. A yellowish, brown spotted blister 

 on the leaves. 



