REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST MJlf) 2 .|« | 



Female. Length [.66 mm. Antennae dark brown; [9 and 

 probably 22 segments, the first with a length about three times its 

 diameter, the fifth with a length about half its diameter; terminal 

 segment apparently free. Palpi; the first segment short, stout, 

 irregularly subquadrate, the second stouter and more than twice 

 the length of the first, the third a little longer and more slender than 

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

 the third. Mesonotum reddish brown. Seutellum dark brown with 

 numerous dark brown apical setae or scales. Abdomen dark brown, 

 rather thickly clothed with dull silvery scales, especially basally on 

 each segment; pleurae thickly clothed with silvery white scales; 

 ovipositor pale orange. Wings hyaline, costa dark brown, the third 

 vein uniting w th costa at the distal fourth; halteres whitish trans- 

 parent. Coxae, the basal portion of femora and the hind tarsi 

 silvery white, the other parts of the legs a dark brown, lighter 

 ventrally; claws long, rather slender, evenly curved, the pulvilli 

 nearly as long as the claws. Ovipositor about as long as the 

 abdomen, the terminal portion slender, tapering to a narrow, blade- 

 like apex. Type Ceeid. 477. 



Trotteria squamosa Felt 

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



This male was taken at Albany, N. Y., July 26, 1906 on New 

 Jersey tea, Ledum latifolium. 



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

 first with a length nearly four times its diameter, the fifth with a 

 length a little greater than its diameter; terminal segment produced, 

 evidently composed of two closely fused, contracted at the distal 

 third, tapering, narrowly rounded. Palpi; the first segment rather 

 long, irregularly subquadrate, the second a little longer and stouter 

 than the first, the third longer and more slender than the second, 

 the fourth about one-fourth longer and more slender than the third. 

 Mesonotum thickly clothed with bronzy, silvery scales. Seutellum 

 ornamented with light brown scales, the dorsum of the abdomen 

 thickly clothed with silvery scales, except the terminal segment 

 which is dark brown. Genitalia reddish ventrally. The abdomen 

 is clothed with thick tufts of silvery white scales. Wings subhyaline, 

 costa dark brown, the third vein uniting with costa at the distal 

 third; halteres silvery whitish. Coxae silvery, fuscous distally; 

 femora and tibiae mostly light fuscous, lighter ventrally; tarsi 

 darker; claws long, slender, evenly curved, the pulvilli shorter than 

 the claws. Genitalia; basal clasp segment long, stout; terminal 

 clasp segment short, stout, swollen near the basal third; dorsal 

 plate long, deeply and triangularly incised; ventral plate long, deeply 

 and roundlv incised. Harpes long, slender, irregular, obtuse. 

 Type Ceeid. '522. 



