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pale yellowish orange. Legs a nearly uniform dark brown or 

 black, the posterior pair with very narrow, white annulations at 

 the base of the first tarsal segment. 



Bred May i6, 1907 from an oval blister gall on the young leaves 

 ofSolidago rugosa. 



Type Cecid. ai474, N. Y. State Museum. 



Lasioptera vitinea n. sp. 



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

 the abdomen, sparsely hair^, dark brown, the basal segments 

 yellowish, 23 segments. Mesonoturn dark brown, variably white 

 margined anteriorly and laterally. Scutelluni reddish brown, 

 postscutellum yellowish. Abdomen a dark brown, the basal seg- 

 ment thickly clothed with silvery white scales, the second to sixth 

 segments narrowly margined posteriorly with silvery white scales ; 

 a crenulate white line laterally. Ovipositor pale yellowish. Hal- 

 teres pale yellow basally, yellowish white apically. Coxae and 

 femora fuscous yellowish, tibiae light brown, tarsi dark brown. 



Bred June 15, 1907, from a leaf petiole gall on grape, taken on 

 Staten Island, N. Y. 



Type Cecid. ai4i5, N. Y. State Museum. 



Choristoneura albitarsis n. sp. 



Male. Length 2.5 mm. Antennae extending to the base of the 

 abdomen, sparsely haired, dark brown, yellowish basally, 20 

 segments. Mesonotum a shining dark brown. Scutellum and 

 postscutellum dark brown. Abdomen evidently badly denuded, a 

 deep salmon with numerous dark brown or black scales dorsally. 

 Halteres yellowish transparent, tarsi dark brown, the segments 

 annulate basally with silvery white. 



Female. Length 3 mm. Antennae extending to the base of 

 the abdomen, sparsely haired, dark brown, fuscous yellowish 

 basally, 24 to 25 segments, eyes narrowly margined posteriorly with 

 silvery white. Mesonotum dark brown or black, broadly margined 

 laterally and anteriorly with silvery white, submedian lines rather 

 thickly clothed with yellowish scales. Scutellum dark brown, 

 thickly clothed apically with whitish scales, postscutellum dark 

 brown. Abdomen dark brown or black, with submedian rows of 

 lunate, silvery white spots. Halteres pale orange basally, light 

 yellowish apically. Legs mostly a dark brown, the articulations 



