REPORT OF THE. STATE ENTOMOLOGIST I916 213 



The wing cases extend to the third abdominal segment, the leg 

 cases to the fifth ; dorsum of the abdominal segments with a broad 

 middle band of short, stout, chitinous points. Posterior extremity 

 rather broadly rounded and slightly bilobed. 



Male. Length 1.25 mm. Antennae pale yellowish orange, 

 yellowish basally; 12 segments, the fifth with a length a little greater 

 than its' diameter; terminal segment greatly produced, broadly 

 rounded distally. Palpi composed of one stout, fusiform segment. 

 Face fuscous yellowish. Mesonotum reddish brown, the sub- 

 median lines sparsely haired. Scutellum fuscous yellowish, post- 

 scutcllum darker. Abdomen fuscous, the basal segments dorsally 

 fuscous, yellowish ventrally, the distal segments deep carmine. Geni- 

 talia fuscous. Wings hyaline, costa dark brown, the third vein uniting 

 with costa near the basal half. Halteres light fuscous yellowish. 

 Coxae and base of femora pale yellowish, the distal portion of femora, 

 tibiae and tarsi dark brown; claws long, stout, strongly curved, 

 the pulvilli a little shorter than the claws. Genitalia; basal clasp 

 segment short; terminal clasp segment short/ greatly swollen basally; 

 dorsal plate short, broad, deeply and broadly incised; ventral plate 

 short, broad, tapering, narrowly rounded. Harpes very broad, 

 tapering, irregularly serrate. 



Female. Length 2 mm. Antennae brown, lighter 

 apically; 18 segments, the fifth with a length hardly 

 equal its diameter; terminal segment produced, 

 broadly rounded distally. Palpus composed of one 

 fusiform segment. Face sparsely clothed with Fig. 40 Aster- 

 light scales. Mesonotum black, sparsely margined o m y i a m o - 

 laterally and anteriorly with pale setae. Scutel- d e s t a , palpus 

 lum lighter than the mesonotum. Abdomen black, f female, en- 

 the segments narrowly margined with light scales, larged (original) 

 interrupted mesially. Halteres whitish, fuscous 

 subapically. Legs black, lighter beneath. Ovipositor about one- 

 half the length of the abdomen, the terminal lobes narrowly oval. 

 Type Cecid. a 142 7. 



Asteromyia grindeliae Felt 



1912 Felt, E. P. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour., 20:149 

 1916 N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour., 24:180 



This insect was reared July 27, 191 1 by Mr P. H. Timberlake 

 from blister leaf galls on Grindelia robusta collected 

 near Santa Barbara, Cal., and again October 20, 19 15 from a green- 

 ish or blackish, oval blister gall on G . cuneifolia collected 

 in a salt marsh at Millbrae, Cal. 



Asteromyia vesiculosa Felt 



1909 Felt, E. P. Econ. Ent. Jour., 2:286 (Baldratia) 



1910 Econ. Ent. Jour., 3:349 



