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more typical forms may be distinguished therefrom by the 

 heavy, nearly uniform 3d vein uniting with the margin well 

 before the apex of the wing [pi. 35, fig. 3, 6]. 



Key to species 



a 3cl vein distinctly curved anteriorly [pi. 35, fig. 2, 6] 



b 9 antennal segments, abdomen yellowish, bred from rose 



(Neocerata) rhodophaga Coq., ai390 

 bb 10 antennal segments, females 



c Abdomen reddish salmon, scutellum pale yellowish, tibiae 

 yellowish basally; 5th antennal segment with a length 

 three times its diameter. Bred from decaying 



wood flavotibialis Felt, ai45.^ 



cc Abdomen pale yellowish, scutellum reddish brown; 5th 

 antennal segment with a length twice its diameter . . 



maculosa n. sp., C. 288 

 bbb II antennal segments 



c Antennal stem }i the length of the basal enlargement, 

 male 

 d Abdomen yellowish red, scutellum reddish yellow, 

 tibiae yellowish basally; bred from decaying 



wood flavotibialis Felt, ai45^ 



bbbb 12 antennal segments, sessile or subsessile 



c Abdomen and scutellum deep carmine; 5th antennal seg- 

 ment with a length twice its diameter ; palpi long, 

 slender ; lobes of the ovipositor with a length 3 times 



their width, female; bred from Solidago 



carbonaria Felt, C. 713 

 cc Abdomen and scutellum dark reddish brown ; 5th an- 

 tennal segment with a length ^ greater than its 

 diameter ; palpi rather short, stout ; lobes of the ovi- 

 positor with a length about 4 times their width, female. 

 Taken on New England tea. .v e r n a 1 i s n. sp., C. 262 



ccc Abdomen dark reddish salmon, scutellum red, male 



bidentata Felt, C. 345 

 bbbbb 13 antennal segments, sessile or subsessile 

 c Females 



d Abdomen fuscous yellowish, unicolorous, scutellum 



light reddish brown, bred from ash 



fraxinifolia Felt, ai648a 



dd Abdomen fuscous yellowish basally, yellowish 



apically ; scutellum fuscous yellowish ; bred from 



tumid gall on grape vitis n. sp., aii65b 



ddd Abdomen dark red, scutellum reddish brown... 

 karnerensis n. sp., C. 128 



dddd Abdomen and scutellum reddish brown 



spiraeina n. sp., C. I33 



