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Trotteria karnerensis Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 335 



This female was taken at Karner, N. Y., July 5, 1906 on elder, 

 Sambucus canadensis. 



Female. Length 1.66 mm. Antennae dark brown; 16 segments, 

 the first subcylindric, with a length three times its diameter, the 

 fifth with a length about one-half its diameter; terminal segment 

 produced, apparently composed of two closely fused, strongly 

 constricted near the middle, narrowly rounded. Palpi; the first 

 segment subrectangular, with a length about twice its diameter, 

 the second stouter, one-half longer, the third a little longer and 

 more slender than the second, and the fourth about one-half longer 

 than the third, more slender, strongly compressed. Mesonotum 

 dark brown. Scutellum thickly clothed with pale silvery yellowish 

 hairs. Abdomen dark brown, the segments mar- 

 gined posteriorly with dull silvery; ovipositor pale 

 orange. Wings hyaline, costa dark brown, the 

 third vein uniting with the costa near the distal 

 fourth ; halteres pale yellowish ; pleurae and coxae 

 rather thickly clothed with silvery white hairs; 

 femora basally silvery yellow, apically banded 

 with fuscous ; posterior tibiae pale yellowish, fus- 

 cous distally, other tibiae and tarsi nearly uniform 

 dark brown; claws long, slender, evenly curved, 

 the pulvilli shorter than the claws. Ovipositor 

 about as long as the abdomen, terminal lobe slen- 

 der, with a length nearly five times its diameter, 

 narrowly rounded. Type Cecid. 484. 



Trotteria subfuscata Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 335 



This species was taken at Albany, N. Y., July 

 17, 1906 on Solidago. 



Female. Length 2 mm. Antennae dark brown; 

 20 segments, the first with a length fully three 

 times its diameter, the fifth with a length about 

 three-fourths its diameter; terminal segment twice 

 the length of the preceding, the distal fourth 

 obtusely subconic. Palpi; first segment subquad- 

 rate, second twice the length of the first, a little 

 stouter, the third a little longer, more slender than 

 the preceding, the fourth about twice the length 

 of the third, more slender. Mesonotum dark 

 brown. Scutellum fuscous yellowish. Abdomen 

 shining dark brown, ovipositor pale orange. 

 Wings hyaline, costa dark brown, the third vein uniting with costa 

 at the distal third. Halteres pale yellowish. Coxae, femora and 



f u s c a t a , basal 

 four antennal 

 segments, greatly 

 enlarged (origi- 

 nal) 



