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// Antennal segments, male, 19; female, 21; scutellum 

 dark brown, the third vein uniting with costa near 

 the basal half. Reared from a fusiform stem gall on 



aster branches ramuscula Beutm. 



C. ai36i, ai397, aisoo, 1107 

 eee Posterior tarsal segments white-banded basally 



/ Antennal segments, male, 14; female, 16; palpi three — • 

 four-segmented, the distal segment one and one- 

 half to two and one-half times the length of the 

 preceding; scutellum dark brown. Reared from 



fusiform bud gall on Erigeron 



erigerontis Felt, C. ai427a, ai302, 1064 



// Antennal segments, female, 17-18; male, 15; fourth 



palpal segment one-half longer than the preceding; 



scutellum dark brown; reared from stems of giant 



ragweed, Ambrosia trifida 



ambrosiae Felt, C. ai926 



fff Antennal segments, female, 18; scutellum reddish 



brown, the fourth palpal segment one and one-third 



the length of the preceding, the costal spot obscure. 



Reared from stem gall on Mimulus 



mimuli Felt, C. 1052 

 ffff Antennal segments, male, 17; female, 23; scutellum 

 dark brown, the distal palpal segment with a length 

 one and one-fourth that of the preceding; ovipositor 

 slender, as long as the abdomen. Reared from stem 

 gall on Eupatorium. . eupatorii Felt, C. ai4i3 

 fffff Antennal segments, male, 17; female, 22-25; the fourth 

 palpal segment with a length three-fourths to twice 

 that of the preceding; scutellum dark brown, the 

 ovipositor stout, with a length one-half that of the 



abdomen. Reared from Mint stem 



menthae Felt, C. ai823 

 aa Abdomen a pale or reddish brown 



b Mesonotum light brown; antennal segments, male, 12; bred from grass. . . 



squamosa Felt, C. 909 



bb Mesonotum dark brown; antennal segments, female, 16-19 



flavoventris Felt, C. 478, 480, 672 



Neolasioptera celastri Felt 

 1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 330 



This species was taken on climbing bitter-sweet, Celastrus 

 scandens at Albany, N. Y., July 17, 1906. It may be the 

 species causing the subcortical stem gall on this vine. 



Female. Length 2 mm. Antennae dark brown, basally yellow- 

 ish; 17 segments, the fifth with a length nearly equal to its diameter; 

 terminal segment greatly produced, evidently composed of two or 

 three closely fused, distally tapering to a narrowly rounded apex. 



