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Scutellttm and postscutellum dark brown. Abdomen dark brown, 

 the basal segment thickly clothed with silvery white scales, the 



second, third and fourth segments with lunate, submedian, silvery 

 white spots on the posterior margin; on the second and third seg- 

 ments there are also narrow, linear, silvery white markings laterally; 

 ovipositor pale yellowish. Wings hyaline, costa dark brown, the 

 third vein uniting therewith near the basal third. Halteres pale 

 orange basally, yellowish transparent apically. Coxae, femora 

 and the base of tibiae mostly pale yellow, the distal portions of 

 tibiae and tarsi dark brown. Claws long, stout, strongly curved, 

 the pulvilli about as long as the claws. Ovipositor probably nearly 

 as long as the body, the terminal lobes long, slender, narrowly 

 rounded. Type Cecid. 1232. 



Neolasioptera hirsuta Felt 

 1908 Felt, E. P. X. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 331 



This species, loaned by the United States National Museum for 

 study, was reared May 17, 1883, from stem galls on an unknown 

 plant taken at Fort Huachua, Ariz. 



Female. Length 2 mm. Antennae reddish brown; 22 segments, 

 the fifth with a length about three-fourths its diameter; terminal 

 segment somewhat reduced, broadly oval. Palpi; first segment 

 rather long, narrowly oval, the second a little longer, stouter, the 

 third a little longer and about as stout as the second, the fourth 

 one-half longer than the third, more slender. Mesonotum dark 

 reddish brown, variably margined laterally and anteriorly with 

 long, silvery scales, the submedian lines thickly clothed with golden 

 yellow setae. Scutellum dark brown, postscutellum a little darker. 

 Abdomen dark brown, the basal segment thickly clothed with 

 silvery scales except for a narrow median line, the second to sixth 

 segments with submedian subquadrate silvery spots posteriori}-, 

 the seventh segment rather broadly margined posteriorly with silver}- 

 white, ovipositor pale yellowish. Wings hyaline, costa dark brown, 

 the third vein uniting therewith at the basal third. Halteres mostly 

 pale yellowish. Legs mostly fuscous yellowish, distal portion of 

 tibiae and the apexes of the third to fifth tarsal segments inclusive, 

 a light brown; claws rather long, stout, the pulvilli a little shorter 

 than the claws. Ovipositor as long as the abdomen, the lobes 

 short, broad, tapering, narrowly rounded. 



This species appears to be quite close to Cecid. 1232, differing 

 therefrom particularly in the lighter color of the legs, especially 

 that of the tarsi and in the shorter, stouter, thickly haired terminal 

 lobes of the ovipositor. Type Cecid. 908. 



Neolasioptera basalis Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. X. Y. State Mus. Bui. no, p. 109; separate, p. 13 

 (Choristoneura) 



1908 X. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 331 



