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somewhat chitinous apicad; dorsal plate short, broad, deeply 

 and roundly emarginate, the broad lobes broadly rounded; ven- 

 tral plate a little longer, broad, broadly and roundly emarginate. 

 Style slender, acute apicad. 



Female. — Length, 2 millimeters. Antennae nearly as long as 

 the body, reddish brown, whitish basad, thickly haired; 14 seg- 

 ments, fifth subsessile, the stem about one-ninth the length of 

 basal enlargement, the latter with a length fully four times its 

 diameter and rather thickly clothed with dark, broad, scalelike 

 hairs, each with a length about half that of the segment. First 

 segment of palpi irregular; second with a length nearly four 

 times its diameter; third a little longer, broader; fourth one- 

 half longer than third, slenderer. Face yellowish. Eyes black. 

 Mesonotum yellowish red, median area more yellowish, subme- 

 dian lines rather sparsely clothed with fine setae. There are 

 also lines of long, stout setae on the anterolateral margins. 

 Scutellum pale yellowish, with a few stout, dark setae. Post- 

 scutellum yellowish. Abdomen a yellowish red, rather thickly 

 clothed with short, stout setae. Ovipositor when extended nearly 

 as long as body, basal portion yellowish, distal part aciculate 

 as in Asphondijlia. Wings slightly fuscous, due to the rather 

 thick covering of dark scales. Halteres yellowish basad, red- 

 dish yellow apicad. Coxae mostly yellowish. Femora reddish 

 brown. Tibiae reddish basad, dark brown distad, the tarsi 

 almost black. 



Type. — Cecid. a2849. New York State collection; paratypes, 

 male and female, No. 18314, College of Agriculture, Los Banos. 



Luzon, Laguna, Mount Maquiling, August 29 and September 

 3 and 6, 1917, College of Agriculture accession No. 18314 

 (Uichanco), reared from terminal stem galls on lateral branches 

 of Diplodiscus paniculatus Turcz. 



Lasioptera manilensis sp. nov. 



Female. — Length, 1.75 millimeters. Antennae extending to 

 base of abdomen, dark brown with a reddish cast, yellowish 

 basad; 23 segments, fifth with a length nearly equal to its dia- 

 meter, terminal segment subglobose or ovate. First segment 

 of palpi subquadrate; second a little longer, broad; third more 

 than twice the length of second, slender; fourth a little longer, 

 slenderer than third. Face yellowish. Eyes black. Mesono- 

 tum golden brown, submedian lines and lateral areas rather 

 thickly clothed with golden scales. Scutellum pale golden yel- 

 low. Postscutellum pale yellowish. Abdomen a rich, reddish 

 brown, basal segment golden yellow, second to seventh segments 



