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segment rather reduced, obovoid. Palpi; the first segment short, 

 subquadrate, slightly swollen distally, the second narrowly oval, the 

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

 longer than the third; face fuscous, eyes large, black. Mesonotum 

 dark brown with narrow, yellowish submedian lines. Scutellum 

 light fuscous yellow. Abdomen reddish brown, incisures and 

 pleurae deep carmine, dorsal sclerites sparsely clothed with pale 

 brown setae. Ovipositor pale yellowish, terminal segments irregu- 

 larly ornamented with long, black hairs. Wings subhyaline, costa 

 dark brown; halteres pale yellowish basally, semitransparent api- 

 cally. Legs nearly uniform fuscous ; claws stout, uniformly curved. 

 Ovipositor as long as the body; the terminal lobes long, slender, 

 broadly rounded. Type Cecid. 553. 



Dasyneura consobrina Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. no, p. 118. Separate, p. 21-22 



1908 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 350 



This fuscous orange species was taken on white pine, P i n u s 



strobus, at Albany, N. Y., June 11, 1906. 



Female. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae extending to the third ab- 

 dominal segment, sparsely haired, dark brown; 17 segments, fifth 

 subsessile, subcylindric, with a length twice its diameter; terminal 

 segment suboval. Palpi; the first segment subrectangular, slightly 

 swollen at the distal fourth, the second a little longer, stouter, the 

 third one-half longer, more slender and the fourth one-half longer 

 than the third; face dark brown. Mesonotum dark brown, sub- 

 median lines pale, sparsely ornamented with fine setae. Scutellum 

 bright orange with sparse apical setae, postscutellum bright orange. 

 Abdomen slightly fuscous orange, the incisures and pleurae bright 

 orange, terminal segments yellowish, sparsely ornamented with fine, 

 pale yellowish setae. Wings hyaline, costa pale reddish; halteres 

 yellowish transparent basally, whitish transparent apically. Coxae 

 and femora pale straw, tibiae and tarsi rather dark brown, the 

 former lighter ventrally; claws long, slender, uniformly curved. 

 Ovipositor three-quarters the length of the body, the terminal lobes 

 long, tapering, narrowly rounded. Type Cecid. 215. 



Dasyneura meliloti Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. no, p. 116. Separate, p. 20 



1908 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 350 



This dark brown species was taken on sweet clover, Melilotus 

 alba, at Albany, N. Y., August 6, 1906. 



Male. Length 1 mm. Antennae a little longer than the body, 

 sparsely haired, dark brown; 17 segments, the fifth with a stem 

 three-quarters the length of the basal enlargement, which latter has 

 a length three-quarters greater than its diameter ; terminal seg- 



