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basal third of each segmental enlargement. Male genitalia with 

 the basal clasp segment stout, much expanded basally, terminal 

 clasp segment rather stout, short, tapering gradually to a rounded, 

 denticulate tip ; dorsal lamella long, very deeply incised, tips of 

 lobes subacute ; ventral lamellae broad, distant, the inner margins 

 approaching each other posteriorly, the tip subacute with the outer 

 margin broadly rounded and produced laterally ; stylet short, broad, 

 with a rounded apex. 



Pupa. Brownish, length T ' T , inch. The antennae reach to the 

 base of the wings, the wing pads extend to the tip of the second 

 abdominal segment and the leg sheaths to the third and fourth 

 abdominal segments ; eyes dark brown. The long, slender spines 

 originate near the base of the antennae. 



Larva. Pale yellowish, r ^ inch long. Segmentation rather well 

 ■marked. 1 lead retracted, small, antennae simple with a rather large, 

 conical, terminal segment. Chitinous fork or " breastbone " Y- 



Fig. 38 Dasyneura pseud acaciae, larva, ventral aspect of posterior 

 extremity, much enlarged (Original) 



shaped, basal portion long, expanded posteriorly ; branches of the 

 fork stout, well separated, obliquely, arcuately truncate ; posterior 

 extremity relatively simple with lateral groups of stout, semitrans- 

 parent spines posteriorly. 



Trumpet vine midge ( B r e m i a tecomac n. sp.) . Our 

 attention was called to the work of this insect in early Septem- 

 ber by the crumpling of the leaves of a trumpet vine. The minute, 

 pale yellowish larvae were found within the distorted leaves, and 

 adults were bred a few days later. This insect was so abundant as 

 to seriously injure a small trumpet vine in Albany. The larvae did 

 not produce galls, but their operations on the under surface of the 

 leaf resulted in pseudogall-like formations partially sheltering the 



