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Dasyneura clematidis Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 344, 345 

 1909 Ent Soc. Ont. 39th Rep't, p. 45. 



1910 Stebbins, F. A. Springf. Mus. Nat. Hist. Bui. 2, p. 34 



This species was reared in August 1907 from an irregular, sub- 

 globular gall on Virgins bower, Clematis virginiana. 

 The gall was found at Highland, Albany and Newport, N. Y. 



Gall. This is an irregular, subglobular, axillary mass 1 cm in 

 diameter and composed of deformed and enlarged rudimentary 

 leaves or young buds ; it is green and slightly hoary. 



Male. Length 1 mm. Antennae extending to the fifth abdominal 

 segment, thickly haired, dark brown, yellowish basally ; 15 seg- 

 ments, the fifth with a stem one-half the length of the basal en- 

 largement, which latter has a length twice its diameter ; terminal 

 segment narrowly oval. Palpi scaled ; first segment irregularly 

 oval, the second narrowly elliptical, the third a little longer, more 

 slender, the fourth one-half longer than the third. Mesonotum a 

 variable yellowish brown. Scutellum and postscutellum pale yellow- 

 ish orange. Abdomen pale orange with the dorsal sclerites light 

 reddish brown ; genitalia slightly fuscous. Wings hyaline, costa 

 dark brown. Halteres yellowish basally, fuscous apically. Coxae 

 and base of femora yellowish, the distal portion of femora, tibiae 

 and tarsi mostly dark brown, the tarsi darker ; claws strongly 

 curved, the pulvilli as long as the claws. Genitalia ; basal clasp 

 segment long, slender ; terminal clasp segment stout ; dorsal plate 

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

 narrowly divided. Harpes rather long, stout. 



Female. Length 1.25 mm. Antennae extending to the base of the 

 abdomen, thickly haired, dark brown, yellowish basally; 16 antennal 

 segments, the fifth with a length one-half greater than its diameter, 

 the terminal segment produced, with a length four times its diam- 

 eter, the distal third slender, tapering, narrowly rounded. Palpi 

 scaled ; the first segment slender, with a length nearly three times 

 its diameter, the second narrowly oval, the third longer than the 

 second, more slender, the fourth nearly twice the length of the 

 third. Mesonotum reddish orange, the submedian lines indistinct. 

 Scutellum and postscutellum pale orange. Abdomen a light fuscous 

 yellowish, the segments sparsely margined with fuscous. Ovipos- 

 itor nearly as long as the body, the terminal lobes slender, with a 

 length about four times the width. Other characters as in the 

 opposite sex, Type Cecid. ai659. 



Dasyneura smilacifolia Felt 



191 1 Felt, E. P. Econom. Ent. Jour., 4:480 



This species was reared during the latter part of August and early 

 September 191 1 from rolled leaves of Smilax, green brier, collected 



