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Gall: This species was reared from an oval or fusiform stem 

 gall ranging in length from 1 to 1.5 cm, and with a diameter of 

 about .5 cm. It is green and hairy like the stem. The long, central 

 chamber within is inhabited by a larva. For a colored illustration, 

 see Museum Bulletin 175, plate 4, figure 19. 



Male. Length 2 mm. Antennae dark brown; 18 segments, the 

 fifth with a length less than its diameter; terminal segment slightly 

 produced, broadly rounded. Palpi; the first segment short, the 

 second broadly oval, the third a little longer, more slender than 

 the preceding and swollen distally, the fourth as long and more 

 slender than the third. Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian 

 lines thickly yellow haired. Scutellum yellowish brown, sparsely 

 setose apically, postscutellum fuscous yellowish. Abdomen dark 

 brown, the segments narrowly margined posteriorly with silvery, 

 the eighth mostly pale yellowish. Gent alia fuscous. Wings hyaline, 

 costa dark brown, the third vein uniting with costa at the basal half. 

 Halteres yellowish basally, slightly fuscous apically. Legs dark 

 brown, the anterior and mid tarsi narrowly, and the posterior tarsi 

 broadly banded with cinereous; claws long, strongly curved, the 

 pulvilli as long as the claws. Genitalia; basal clasp segment long, 

 slender ; terminal clasp segment greatly swollen basally ; dorsal plate 

 short, broad, deeply and triangularly emarginate; ventral plate long, 

 narrow, narrowly rounded. Harpes iong, tapering. 



Female. Length 2 mm. Antennae dark brown; 24 segments, 

 the fifth with a length less than its diameter. Palpi; the fourth 

 segment nearly twice the length of the third. Mesonotum dark 

 brown or black. Scutellum dark reddish brown, postscutellum 

 yellowish brown. Abdomen dark brown, the second, third and fourth 

 segments with submedian, lunate, silvery spots posteriorly, the fifth, 

 sixth and seventh segments narrowly margined posteriorly with sil- 

 very* Ovipositor one-half the length of the abdomen, the terminal 

 lobes long, slender. Type Cecid. 1101. 



Neolasioptera albipes n. sp. 



This species was taken at Riverton, N. J., October 1, 1904 by 

 Prof. C. W. Johnson. 



Female. Length 2 mm. Antennae dark brown or black, 19 seg- 

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

 terminal segment produced, broadly rounded distally. Palpi; first 

 segment short, stout, the second broadly oval, the third a little 

 longer, more slender, the fourth nearly twice the length of the third, 

 slender. Mesonotum dark brown, sparsely and uniformly clothed 

 with short, golden yellow setae. Scutellum dark brown with a few 

 yellowish setae apically, postscutellum reddish brown. Abdomen 

 a rich dark brown, the first to fourth abdominal segments brokenly 

 and narrowly margined with pale yellowish scales, the bands broadly 

 interrupted in the middle, narrowly so laterally. The following 

 segments are ornamented with a broad, median, pale yellowish band; 



