Cecidomyiidae '722) 



L. caulicola Felt. Vic. Albany, Je 6, reared from an apparently normal stem of 

 bush honeysuckle. The larvae are found just under the bark m a small, 

 oval cell. 



Lf. cinerea Felt. Albany, May 21, on black alder. 



L. clavula Bt. Appears to have been reared from the characteristic clavate twig 

 galls on Cornus florida. The deformity is rather common in the vie. of Albany 

 southward to NYC, and presumably occurs in other parts of the State. LI: 

 Sea Cliff, Feb 4, galls. 



L. consobrina Felt. Albany, Je 10, on maple-leaved arrowwood. 



L. convolvuli Felt. Produces a monothalamous, fusiform stem gall 1.5 cm. long, 

 and 0.5 cm. in diameter, on the hedge bindweed. Rensselaer Co, Hudson, the 

 adults appearing the middle of May. 



L. corni Felt. Apparently reared from a greenish or red-ringed blister leaf gall 

 on Cornus paniculata. This gall has been received from: W. Nyack; Ellen- 

 ville; Catskill; Hudson Falls, Sep; Canandaigua, Sep-Oct ; and probably 

 occurs in other parts of the State. 



L. cylindrigallae Felt. Reared in early May from a uniform Solidago stem enlarge- 

 ment, with a length of about 10 cm. and a diameter of 7 cm., the central cavity 

 being slightly enlarged and containing a number of larvae. Somewhat common 

 at W. Nyack and Nassau, and on SI. 



L. danthoniae Felt. White Church, reared by Cy in the spring of 1908 from a 

 bunch of Danthonia. The gall is undescribed. 



L. excavata Felt. Albany, Aug 17, reared presumably from a blister-like reddish 

 brown leaf mine occurring rather commonly on Crataegus. 



L. farinosa Bt. Produces a characteristic warty, usually pruinose, woody swelling 

 at the base of the leaflets or midrib of the common blackberry. Probably 

 widely distributed, not uncommon. Canandaigua, Oct; Albany; NYC; SI, 

 Aug-Sep (Ds) ; LI: Orient, Sep. 



L. flavipes Felt. Albany, Jl 17, on white oak. 



L. fraxinifolia Felt. Apparently reared from a purplish green, subglobular gall, 

 5 mm. in diameter, on ash leaves and described by O.S. as Cecidomyia pellex. 

 This deformity appears to be somewhat common at L. Onondaga, Westfield, 

 Highland, Poughkeepsie, and NYC. 



L. hamata Felt. Nassau, Je 14, on Solidago. 



L. hecate Felt. Albany, Je 19. 



L. humulicaulis Felt. Occurs in a uniform swelling of the hop stem about 1 cm. 

 in diameter and ranging in length from 4 to 50 cm. Rye, Bird; probably 

 occurs in other parts of the State. 



L. impatientifolia Felt. Albany, reared from a tumid midrib fold on the leaves 

 of touch-me-not or snapdragon. Probably rather widely distributed through- 

 out the State. 



Lu juvenalis Felt. Newport, Jl 25, on bouncing bet. 



L. lactucae Felt. Karner, reared from a stem gall on the stalks of rabbit weed or 

 wild lettuce, closely resembling the much more common gall produced by the 

 cynipid, Aylax tumidiis Bass. ; probably occurs in other parts of the State, 



L. linderae Bt. Produces an irregular, subcortical, eccentric stem gall 2 to 5 cm. in 

 length, on spicebush. Vic. NYC, rather common, adults, May-Je.' 



L. lycopi Felt. Inhabits a globose stem gall 8 to 10 mm. long and 2.5 mm. in 

 diameter, on bugle weed {Lye opus communis). Albany; Shushan ; White 

 Plains; LI: Orient, Mar, Sep, Lath; probably widely distributed in the State. 



