REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST IQI7 Io! 
some time though the fly was not reared till recently. The work of 
this insect is evidently widely distributed, since it has been observed 
by State Botanist Peck at Bethlehem, N. Y., and later seen by him 
in abundance at Keene Valley. The yellowish larvae occur near 
the center of the affected fruit, producing a bladderlike distension, 
further emphasized by the absence of the usual pit or stone. Prof. 
George F. Atkinson found that the affected fruit was also infested 
by aspecies of fungus, Exoascus cecidomophilus Atk. 
Gall. Enlarged, bladderlike fruit without a pit or stone and 
inhabited by several yellowish larvae. 
Male. Length 2 mm. Antennae longer than the body, thickly 
haired, yellowish brown; 14 segments, the fifth with stems one and 
one-half and two times their diameters; terminal segment, the distal 
enlargement suboval and with a short, broadly rounded process 
apically. Palpi; the first segment rectangular, the second more 
than twice the length of the preceding, the third a little longer and 
more slender than the second, the fourth more slender and about 
twice as long as the third. Face fuscous yellowish. Mesonotum 
reddish brown, the submedian lines fuscous yellowish. Scutellum 
pale yellowish, postscutellum reddish brown. Abdomen sparsely 
yellow haired, yellowish brown, the segments narrowly yellowish 
margined basally. Wings hyaline, costa yellowish brown. Halteres 
yellowish transparent. Legs a variable fuscous yellowish, the tarsi 
darker; claws long, stout, strongly and evenly curved, the pulvilli 
one-half longer than the claws. Genitalia; dorsal plate short, broad, 
slightly incised, the lobes broadly rounded. Described from alco- 
holic specimens. 
Female. Length 2.5 mm. Antennae extending to the second 
abdominal segment, sparsely haired, light brown, yellowish basally; 
14 segments, the fifth with a stem one-fourth the length of the cylin- 
dric basal enlargement; terminal segment slightly produced, obtuse. 
Palpi; the first segment short, stout, the second more than twice 
the length of the first, the third about as long as the second, more 
slender, the fourth one-half longer than the third, more slender. 
Mesonotum probably dark brown, the submedian lines broad, 
yellowish. Scutellum and postscutellum probably yellowish. The 
abdomen bright reddish brown (Fletcher). Wings hyaline, costa 
reddish brown. Coxae, femora and tibiae pale yellowish, tarsi light 
brown. Ovipositor fully one-half longer than the insect, the terminal 
lobes long, slender, broadly rounded. Type Cecid. 769. 
Contarinia agrimoniae [elt 
1907 Felt, E.P. New Species Cecid. II, p. 21 
1908 ——————._ NN Y. State Mus. Bul. 124, p. 302, 392 
The species was reared September 3, 1907 from yellowish larvae 
in florets of Agrimonia striata taken at Bath, N. Y., 
August 16, 1907. 
