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Lasioptera eupatoriflorae n. 3p. 



Male. Length 1.25 mm. Antennae not extending to the 

 base of the abdomen, sparsely haired, dark brown, the basal 

 segments pale reddish, 12 segments; face pale reddish. Pro- 

 notum fnscous, mesonotum slightly fuscous, the submedian 

 lines indistinct. Scutellum and postscutellum reddish. Abdo- 

 men reddish. Halteres and coxae pale reddish, femora yellowish 

 at the base, brownish apically, tibiae and tarsi brownish. 



Female. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae hardly extending to the 

 base of the abdomen, 11 segments. Color characters about as 

 in the male. 



Bred August 24, 1907, from flowers of thoroughwort taken at 

 Karner, N. Y. 



Type C. ai689, N. Y. State Museum. 



Lasioptera excavata n. sp 



Female. Length i mm. Antennae extending to the fourth 

 abdominal segment, rather thickly haired, black, the basal seg- 

 ments yellowish, 26 segments ; face with a conspicuous patch of 

 silvery white scales, the head thickly clothed posteriorly with 

 silvery white scales. jNlesonotum narrowly dark brown, broadly 

 and variably margined laterally and anteriorly with pale yel- 

 lowish, the submedian lines broad, pale yellowish and sparsely 

 haired. Scutellum pale yellowish, postscutellum pale orange. 

 Abdomen mostly pale orange, the second to sixth segments 

 variably marked basally with dark brown, the markings being 

 almost obsolete on the second, nearly reaching the, margin on 

 the third and extending thereto on the fourth, fifth and sixth 

 segments ; ovipositor pale orange, venter pale 3^ellowish, sparsely 

 clothed with silvery scales. Halteres pale .yellowish. Coxae, 

 femora and tibiae mostly pale yellowish, the femora narrowly 

 reddish brown apically, the tarsi black. 



Bred August 6, 1907, from a pale gree-n, reddish brown blister- 

 like mine on Crataegus foliage. 



Type C. ai576, N. Y. State Museum. 



Choristoneura clem,atidis n. sp. 



Female. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae extending to the second 

 abdominal segment, sparr«ely haired, dark brown, 26 segments ; 

 face below the antennae rather thickly clothed with silvery 

 white scales. Mesonotum dark brown, apparently margined 



