2IO NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



twigs are only 2 mm in diameter. Species of Polygnotus, Eurytoma 

 and Decatoma were reared from this gall. 



Larva. Length 2 mm, dark orange, rather stout. Head small; 

 breastbone bidentate, somewhat expanded subapically, the shaft 

 long, rather slender, heavily chitinized. Skin coarsely shagreened; 

 posterior extremity irregularly rounded. 



Female. Length 3 mm. Antennae extending to the second 

 abdominal segment, sparsely haired, reddish brown; 16 sessile 

 segments, the fifth with a length nearly three times its diameter; 

 terminal segment reduced, subconic. Palpi; first segment sub- 

 quadrate, the second broadly oval, the third a little longer, more 

 slender, the fourth longer and more slender. Mesonotum dark 

 slaty brown, submedian lines thickly haired. Scutellum, post- 

 scutellum and abdomen dark brown, the segments of the latter 

 margined posteriorly with yellowish setae; membrane and pleurae 

 reddish brown, the ventral sclerites dark brown. Wings hyaline, 

 costa dark brown. Coxae, femora and tibiae fuscous yellowish; tarsi 

 dark brown; claws long, stout, strongly curved, the pulvilli longer 

 than the claws. Ovipositor one-half the length of the abdomen, 

 the terminal lobes with a length three times the width, narrowly 

 rounded. Type Cecid. 1300. 



Phytophaga californica Felt 



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



The yellowish brown species characterized below was reared from 



currant, Ribes menziesii, taken in February in Alameda 



county, California. 



Male. Length 2.5 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, 

 sparsely haired, light brown; 16 segments, the fifth with a stem 

 one-third the length of the basal enlargement, which latter has a 

 length two and one-half times its diameter; terminal segment reduced, 

 narrowly oval. Palpi; first segment produced, swollen distally, 

 second roundly rectangular, the third more than twice the length 

 of the second, slender, the fourth nearly as long as the third, slender. 

 Mesonotum yellowish brown, the submedian lines sparsely haired. 

 Scutellum and post scutellum reddish brown. Abdomen sparsely 

 haired, dark reddish brown; genitalia fuscous. Wings hyaline, 

 costa pale straw. Halteres whitish basally, fuscous yellowish 

 apically. Coxae and femora pale yellowish, the tibiae and tarsi 

 a little darker; claws long, evenly curved, the pulvilli as long as 

 the claws. Genitalia; basal clasp segment stout; terminal clasp 

 segment short, swollen; dorsal plate broad, triangularly emarginate; 

 ventral plate long, deeply and broadly incised. Harpes stout. 

 broadly rounded. 



h'analc. Length 2.5 mm. Antennae extending to the second 

 abdominal segment, sparsely haired, pale yellowish; 10 segments, 

 flic fifth with a stem one-fourth the length ^{ the basal enlargement, 

 which latter lias a length nearly three- times its diameter; terminal 



