REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST I916 2IO, 



Female. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae pale yellowish, apical 

 segments tinged with carmine; 18 segments, the fifth with a length 

 a little greater than its diameter; terminal segment somewhat 

 enlarged, subglobose, evidently composed of two closely fused. 

 Palpus; one stout, narrowly ovate segment, sparsely setose; face 

 yellowish, a patch of whitish scales above the mouth. Mesonotum 

 probably dark brown, thickly clothed with golden yellow scales, 

 the submedian lines broad, pale yellowish, rather thickly clothed 

 with short scales and sparsely so with long setae. Scutellum fuscous 

 yellowish with numerous setae apically, postscutellum pale yellowish. 

 Abdomen dark brown, the basal segments silvery, the third to sixth 

 with narrow, submedian lines of silvery on the posterior margin, 

 the seventh segment mostly silvery white; pleurae thickly clothed 

 with silvery scales; venter with a broad median band of silvery 

 scales. Wings subhyaline, costa dark brown, the third vein uniting 

 with costa near the basal half; halteres yellowish basally, whitish 

 transparent apically, fuscous subapically. Coxae and base of femora 

 silvery white, the distal portion of femora, tibiae and tarsi dark brown 

 or black, the femora and basal segment of the tarsi narrowly annulate 

 with pale yellowish; claws long, stout, slightly curved, the pulvilli 

 nearly as long as the claws. Ovipositor about one-half the length 

 of the abdomen, the terminal lobes short, stout, broadly rounded. 

 Type Cecid. 1228. 



Asteromyia pustulata Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 328 (Baldratia) 

 1910 Econ. Ent. Jour., 3:349 



This form was reared at Albany, N. Y., June 13,1907 from a small, 

 pustulate gall on an aster stem. 



Gall. The gall from which this species was obtained is a small- 

 pustulate swelling on the side of aster stems, the enlargement being 

 about 4 mm long and 2 mm in diameter and differing but slightly 

 in color from the normal stem. 



Male. Length 2 mm. Antennae dark brown, basally fuscous 

 yellowish; 14 segments, the fifth with a length a little greater than 

 its diameter; terminal segment produced, nearly twice the length of 

 the preceding, obtuse apically. Palpus, one rather large, irregularly 

 fusiform segment, subacute distally and bearing several stout setae; 

 face with a patch of whitish scales. Mesonotum dark brown, 

 variably margined anteriorly and laterally with yellowish white 

 scales, the submedian lines rather thickly clothed with yellowish 

 hairs. Scutellum black with a few whitish setae apically, 

 postscutellum fuscous yellowish. Abdomen dark brown with 

 lunate, silvery white submedian spots on the posterior margins 

 of segments one to seven, and laterally longitudinal silvery white 

 spots on each segment, incisures dark salmon, genitalia fuscous 

 reddish; venter sparsely suffused with silvery white scales. Wings 

 hyaline, costa dark brown, the third vein uniting therewith just 

 beyond the basal half. Halteres pale salmon, fuscous subapically. 



