T04 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM. 



with fuscous hairs, submedian Hnes yellowish. Scutellum reddish 

 brown, postscutellum dark silvery. Abdomen dark brown, darker 

 on the basal segments. The incisures, pleurae and the distal seg- 

 ments pale orange. Genitalia fuscous yellowish; coxae and base 

 of femora yellowish. Other portions of the legs nearly uniform 

 dark brown. 



Bred from a variegated blister gall onSolidago rugosa at 

 Albany, N.Y. July 15, 1906. 



Type Cecid. 650b, N.Y. State Museum. 



■ Lasioptera cinerea n. sp. 



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

 abdomen, sparsely haired, dark brown, 16, or 17 segments; head 

 dark brown. Mesonotum and scutellum dark brown, the latter 

 silvery white apically, postscutellum very dark brown. Abdomen 

 dark brown, rather thickly clothed dorsally with silvery white scales. 

 Legs mostly dark brown, lighter ventrally. Tarsi darker than fe- 

 mora and tibiae. 



Taken on Llex verticillata at Albany, N.Y. May 21, 1906. 



Type Cecid. 73, N.Y. State Museum. 



Lasioptera viburni n. sp. 



Male. Length i mm. Antennae extending to the 2d abdominal 

 segment, sparsely haired, dark brown, at least 18 and probably a 

 larger number of segments; eyes margined posteriorly with silvery 

 white scales. Mesonotum dark brown, margined laterally with yel- 

 lowish, anteriorly with a few sparse silvery white hairs, submedian 

 lines yellowish. Scutellum and postscutellum nearly uniformly 

 fuscous orange. Abdomen yellowish orange with irregular fuscous 

 markings on the ist, 2d, 3d and 4th abdominal segments; these 

 marks are narrowly divided in the middle and slightly prolonged 

 sublaterally, giving somewhat the appearance of a double row of 

 subquadrate fuscous spots. Coxae, femora and tibiae pale yellow- 

 ish straw; tarsi nearly uniformly dark brown. 



Taken on maple-leaved arrowwood at Albany, N.Y. June 10, 1906. 



Type Cecid. 186, N.Y. State Museum. 



Lasioptera consobrina n. sp. 

 Male. Length i mm. Antennae hardly extending to the base 

 of the abdomen, sparsely haired, brown, 18 segments; face yellow- 

 ish brown with patches of whitish hairs; eyes margined posteriorly 



