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Colpodia alta Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 416 

 Described from a female taken on hard pine, Pinus rigida, 

 at Karner, N. Y., July 5, 1906. 



Female. Length 3 mm. Antennae extending to the fourth 

 abdominal segment, sparsely haired, dark brown, yellowish basal ly; 13 

 segments, the fifth with a stem one-fourth the length of the cylindric 

 basal enlargement, which latter has a length five times its diameter; 

 terminal segment very narrowly fused with the preceding, slightly 

 produced and narrowly rounded apically. Palpi; first segment with a 

 length five times its diameter, the second two-thirds as long, the third 

 about as long as the second, the fourth one-half longer than the 

 third, with a length seven times its diameter. Mesonotum fuscous 

 yellowish, the submedian lines indistinct. Scutellum and post- 

 scutellum fuscous yellowish. Abdomen a nearly uniform yellowish 

 orange. Wings hyaline, costa light brown. Hal teres yellowish 

 basally, fuscous apically. Legs a pale straw; claws slender, strongly 

 curved, simple, the pul villi a little shorter than the claws. Ovi- 

 positor short, biarticulate, the terminal segment broadly oval. 

 Type Cecid. 481. 



Colpodia maculata Felt 

 1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 416 

 This pale orange female was taken on pine, Pinus strobus, 

 at Albany, N. Y., July 16, 1906. 



Female. Length 2 mm. Antennae extending to the fourth 

 abdominal segment, sparsely haired, dark brown, yellowish basally; 

 16 segments, the fifth with a stem one-third the length of the cylin- 

 dric basal enlargement, which latter has a length three times its 

 diameter; terminal segment somewhat produced, tapering to a 

 narrowly rounded apex. Palpi presumably quadriarticulate. Face 

 pale orange. Mesonotum bright orange, broadly margined later- 

 ally with fuscous. Scutellum pale orange, with indistinct reddish 

 markings laterally, postscutellum pale yellowish. Abdomen pale 

 orange, rather sparsely clothed with fine setae, each segment broadly 

 and rather distinctly marked with fuscous, the color being deeper 

 distally and somewhat paler basally; terminal segment nearly black, 

 incisures and pleurae pale yellowish. Wings hyaline, slightly 

 fuscous, costa dark brown. Halteres ferruginous. Coxae pale orange, 

 femora, tibiae and basal tarsal segments ferruginous, the three distal 

 tarsal segments silvery white; claws slender, strongly curved, simple, 

 the pulvilli rudimentary. Ovipositor short, biarticulate, the distal 

 segment narrowly oval. Type Cecid. 560. 



Colpodia pratensis Felt 

 1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mas. Bal. 124, p. 416 



The species was first taken on huckleberry, Gaylussacia 

 b a c c a t a , and apparently reared from June grass, P o a 



