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fourth one-half longer than the third, more slender, dilated apically. 

 eyes large, black. Mesonotum dark brown. Scutellum yellowish 

 brown, postscutellum dark . brown. Abdomen reddish brown. 

 Y\ "ings hyaline. Halteres yellowish transparent. Legs dark yel- 

 lowish brown. Ovipositor short, biarticulate, the basal lobe irreg- 

 ularly and broadly subtriangular, the terminal lobe nearly as long 

 as the basal one, narrowly oval, both thickly setose. Type Cecid. 

 934- 



Lestremia sylvestris Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. no, p. 102; separate p. 5-6 

 (Catocha) 



1908 X. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 311 



This species was taken September 23, 1906 in a forest hut at 

 Davidson's River, X. C. 



Female. 

 dominal segment 

 lowish ; 1 1 



Fig. 20 Fifth 

 of Lestremia 

 sylvestris. en- 

 larged. (Original) 



Length 3 mm. Antennae extending to the second ab- 

 sparsely haired, dark brown, basally pale yel- 

 the fifth with a stem one-quarter the length 

 of the basal enlargement. Palpi: the first seg- 

 ment somewhat curved, swollen and thickly 

 clothed distally with stout, capitate setae, the 

 second segment one-half longer than the first, the 

 third and fourth each nearly twice the length of 

 the second ; face pale yellowish, eyes large, dark 

 brown. Mesonotum dark brown, submedian 

 lines dark yellowish, narrow, uniting posteriorly 

 in a median dark yellowish area. Scutellum pale 

 yellowish orange, postscutellum dark brown. 

 Abdomen yellowish brown, incisures and pleurae 

 pale salmon, terminal segments pale yellowish. 

 YYings hyaline ; halteres whitish transparent. 

 Coxae pale yellowish, femora semi-transparent, 

 tibiae and tarsi fuscous yellowish : claws with a 

 series of minute teeth along the concavity. 

 Ovipositor short, lobes orbicular, thickly setose. 

 Type Cecid. a 1642. 



1907 Felt, 

 (Catocha) 



1908 



E. P. 



Lestremia sambuci Felt 

 X. Y. State Mus. Bui. no, 



X. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 

 1906 



separate, p. 5 



3ii 



at Albanv 



on elder, 



This species was taken August 6 

 Sambucus canadensis. 



Female. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae one-third the length of the 

 body, sparsely haired, dark brown, fuscous yellowish basally; 11 

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

 enlargement, which latter has a length thrice its diameter. Palpi; 

 the first segment broadly rounded, subquadrate, the second as long 



