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Asteromyia rubra Felt 



1937 Felt, E. P. N. V. State Mus. Bui. [io, p. [03; separate, p. 7 

 (Lasioptera), p. 103-4 (k. tuberculal 



1908 N. Y. Slate Mus. Bui. 124, p. 329 (Baldratia) 



1908 Jarvis, T. D. Ent. Soc. Ont., 38th Rcp't, p. 88 (C h o r i s t n e u r a 



flavolunata in error) 



1909 Felt, E. P. Ottawa Nat., 22:248 (Baldratia) 



1909 Jarvis, T. D. Ent. Soc. Ont., 39th Rep't, p. 81 (C horistoneura 

 flavolunata in error) 



This form was reared from a more or less variegated blister gall 

 occurring on the leaves ofSolidago rugosa, adults appearing 

 July 21, 1906. Apparently the same species occurs in the collection 

 of the United States National Museum, having been reared from 

 blister galls taken July 21, 1877 in the Illinois bottom and from 

 others taken at St Louis, Mo. Unpublished notes by Mr Pergande, 

 kindly placed at our disposal by Doctor Howard of the Bureau of 

 Entomology show that galls of apparently this species occurred 

 June 18, 1884 in the vicinity of the fair grounds, Washington, D. C, 

 and were quite abundant at Cabin John Bridge, Maryland, June 

 25, 1899. Galls of apparently the same species were received June 

 27th of the same year from George Caswell, Dayton, Ohio. It is 

 apparently this form which is recorded as common at Guelph, 

 Ontario, by Jarvis. It is probable that the individuals described 

 by us under the name of Lasioptera tuberculata 1 

 are referable to this species. 



Gall. This form was reared from a variegated blister gall varying 

 in diameter from about 3 to 6 mm. The smaller, older galls appear 

 to be mostly black, while the larger and perhaps younger galls have 

 the edge margined with purple, the outer part being pale yellowish 

 olive with a darker, slightly elevated central part or nipple. For 

 a colored illustration see Museum Bulletin 175, plate i, figures 9, 

 9a, 13, 15, 15a, # and 20. 



Male. Length 1.25 mm. Antennae yellowish brown; 14 to 15 

 segments, the fifth with a length a little greater than its diameter; 

 terminal segment produced, subcylindric, broadly rounded. Palpi; 

 the first segment short, stout, slightly expanded distally, the second 

 short, broadly oval. Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian lines 

 sparsely clothed with yellowish setae. Scutellum and postscutellum 

 reddish brown. Abdomen mostly a reddish brown, the distal seg- 

 ments lighter and apparently narrowly banded basally with silvery 

 white scales; genitalia yellowish. Wings hyaline, costa dark reddish 

 brown, the third vein uniting with costa at the distal third; hal teres 

 pale yellowish. Legs mostly fuscous yellowish, the distal tarsal 

 segments reddish brown; claws long, slender, strongly curved, the 

 pulvilli about two-thirds the length of the claws. Genitalia (pi. 8, 



1 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. no, p. 103-4 (separate, p. 7). [907 



