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one-half longer than the third; face dark brown. Mesonotum 

 dark brown with distinct submedian lines of yellowish hairs. Scu- 

 tellum reddish brown, postscutellum yellowish. Abdomen dark 

 brown, sparsely clothed with yellowish hairs. Wings hyaline, cost a 

 dark brown, the third vein a little before the apex. Halteres yellow- 

 ish transparent. Legs reddish brown and yellowish, lighter ven- 

 trally, the femora apically, the tibiae and the distal tarsal segments 

 darker; claws slender, uniformly curved. Genitalia; basal clasp 

 segment stout, with a conspicuous fingerlike, slightly curved process 

 arising from the basal third; terminal clasp segment swollen; dorsal 

 plate broad, deeply and triangularly incised Harpes slender, con- 

 volute, broadly rounded. Type Cecid. 66a. 



Phytophaga balsamifera Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 369 (Mayetiola) 

 This reddish brown female was taken on balsam, Abies bal- 

 samifera, at Lake Clear, N. Y., June 7, 1906. 



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

 domina segment, sparsely haired, dark brown; 13 sessile segments, 

 the fifth with a length twice its diameter terminal segment nearly 

 double the ength of the preceding, broadly rounded. Palpi; the 

 first segment suboval, the second about as long as the first, 

 the third a little shorter, broader, the fourth a little shorter, broadly 

 oval; face reddish brown. Mesonotum nearly uniform dark brown. 

 Scutellum reddish brown. Abdomen rather bright red. Wings 

 hyaline, cost a dark brown, the third vein a little before the apex. 

 Halteres yellowish red basally, the base of the club fuscous, the 

 tip yellowish white. Legs nearly uniform straw brown, the arti- 

 culations tinged with carmine; claws stout, uniformly curved. Ovi- 

 positor as long as the body, terminal lobes long, slender, narrowly 

 rounded. Type Cecid. 146. 



Phytophaga virginiana Felt 

 1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 369 (Mayetiola) 

 The reddish brown female was taken on choke cherry, P r u n u s 

 virginiana, at Albany, N. Y., May 23, 1906. 



Female. Length 2 mm. Antennae extending to the base of the 

 abdomen, sparsely haired, dark brown; 13 sessile segments, the 

 fifth with a length one-half greater than its diameter; terminal 

 segment much produced, more than twice the length of the pre- 

 ceding, slightly constricted at the basal third. Palpi; the first 

 and second segments short, suboval, the third more slender, nearly 

 twice the length of the preceding two, the fourth a little longer 

 than the third. Mesonotum reddish brown, darker anteriorly, 

 shining. Scutellum and postcutellum light reddish brown. Ab- 

 domen reddish brown, thinly clothed with hairs. Wings hyaline, 

 costa light straw, the third vein just beyond the apex. Halteres 



