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Rhabdophaga persimilis Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 351 



This moderate sized, reddish or dark brown species was ap- 

 parently reared at Albany, N. Y., April 11, 1908 from a rather 

 typical though slender R. strobiloides Walsh gall. It is 

 possible that this species came from an unrecognized twig gall. 

 Polygnotus species was also obtained. 



Female. Length 3 mm. Antennae extending to the second ab- 

 dominal segment, reddish brown; 16 sessile segments, the fifth 

 tapering distally, with a length fully twice its diameter; terminal 

 segment produced, evidently composed of two closely fused, sub- 

 acute. Palpi ; first segment short, stout, the second stout, with a 

 length three times its width, the third a little longer, more slender, 

 the fourth one-half longer than the third. Mesonotum dark brown, 

 the submedian lines indistinct. Scutellum and postscutellum reddish 

 brown. Abdomen dark brown. Wings hyaline, costa dark brown. 

 Halteres probably yellowish brown. Legs dark brown, the tarsi 

 almost black ; claws stout, strongly curved, the pulvilli as long as 

 the claws. Ovipositor about one-half the length of the abdomen, 

 the terminal lobes with a length three times the width, narrowly 

 rounded. Type Cecid. ai8na. 



Rhabdophaga elymi Felt 



1909 Felt, E. P. Econ. Ent. Jour., 2:289 



This reddish brown female was reared January 19, 1891 from 

 Ely mus a m erica n us collected at Alameda, Cal. 



Female. Length 2 mm. Antennae extending to the second ab- 

 dominal segment, light brown; 16 segments, the fifth with a length 

 at least three times its diameter; terminal segment produced, with 

 a length two and one-half times its diameter and occasionally 

 partially fused with the preceding. Palpi ; first segment short, stout, 

 the second narrowly oval, the third one-half longer than the second, 

 slender, the fourth a little longer and more slender than the third. 

 Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian lines fuscous yellowish. 

 Scutellum reddish brown, postscutellum fuscous yellowish. Ab- 

 domen light reddish brown. Wings hyaline, costa pale straw. 

 Halteres pale yellowish basally, reddish brown apically. Legs 

 mostly a dull yellowish brown ; claws slender, evenly curved, the 

 basal tooth slender, -pulvilli longer than the claws. Ovipositor stout, 

 about one-quarter the length of the abdomen, the lobes broadly 

 oval. Type Cecid. 1044. 



