REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST IQI4 2C/ 



Phytophaga tsugae Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. no, p. 123 (separate, p. 27) 

 (Mayetiola) 



1908 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 370 (Mayetiola) 



This dark reddish male was taken on hemlock, Tsuga cana- 

 densis, at Lake Clear, N. Y., June 7, 1906. The adult was 

 reared from spruce bud galls by J. M. Swaine from material col- 

 lected near Ottawa, Que., in 19 14. 



Male. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae extending to the middle of 

 the abdomen, thickly haired, dark reddish brown; 15 segments, 

 the fifth with a stem one-fourth the length of the basal enlargement, 

 which latter has a length one-half greater than its diameter; ter- 

 minal segment slightly prolonged, subfusiform. Palpi; the first 

 segment irregular, swollen distally, the second subpyriform, the third 

 broadly oval, the fourth one-half longer than the third, subcylindric, 

 broadly rounded apically; face dark reddish brown. Mesonotum 

 dark brown. Scutellum, postscutellum and abdomen dark reddish. 

 Wings hyaline, costa reddish brown, the third vein just before 

 the apex; halteres whitish transparent. Legs pale straw, lighter 

 ventrally, tarsi darker; claws short, stout, uniformly curved, the 

 pul villi very large, twice the length of the claws. Genitalia; basal 

 clasp segment long, stout; terminal clasp segment short, greatly 

 swollen; dorsal plate broad, deeply and narrowly incised. Type 

 Cecid. 165. 



Female. Length 2 mm. Antennae extending to the fourth 

 abdominal segment, dark brown; 14 segments, the fifth sessile, 

 with a length twice its diameter and tapering basally and apically. 

 Palpi quadriarticulate, the segments short, the fourth with a length 

 one-fourth greater than the third. Mesonotum shining dark brown. 

 Scutellum and postscutellum reddish brown. Abdomen sparsely 

 haired, fuscous yellowish, the ovipositor pale orange; halteres yel- 

 lowish basally, fuscous apically. Wings hyaline, femora and coxae 

 fuscous yellowish, the tibiae darker, the tarsi almost dark brown. 

 The ovipositor three-fourths the length of the abdomen, the terminal 

 lobes roundly tapering. Cecid. a2 5i5. 



Phytophaga latipes Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. X. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 370 (Mayetiola) 

 This pale yellowish midge was taken on New Jersey tea, C e a - 

 nothus americanus, at Albany, N. Y., July 6, 1906. 



Male. Length 1 mm. Antennae a little shorter than the body? 

 sparsely haired, dark brown, yellowish basally; 14 segments, the 

 fifth with a stem one-half the length of the subcylindric basal enlarge- 

 ment, which latter has a length two and one-half times its diameter; 

 terminal segment produced, the basal enlargement cylindric, with 

 a length three times its diameter, apically a long, fingerlikc appendage. 



