REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST IQI7 I15 
lender, tapering appendage. Palpi; the first segment short, stout, 
lightly dilated subapically, the second one-half longer, broad, nar- 
owly oval, the third a little longer and more slender than the second, 
he fourth about as long and more slender than the third. Meso- 
otum dark brown, the submedian lines indistinct. Scutellum 
eddish brown, postscutellum probably darker. Abdomen sparsely 
aired, light brown. Wings hyaline, costa light brown. Halteres 
‘ellowish transparent. Legs a nearly uniform yellowish trans- 
arent; claws rather long, stout, strongly curved, the pulvilli nearly 
s long as the claws. Genitalia; dorsal plate short, broad, deeply 
nd narrowly incised, the lobes broad, broadly rounded. ‘ 
Female. Length3mm. Antennae extending to the third abdominal 
egment, dark brown, sparsely haired, fourteen segments; the fifth 
vith a stem about one-fourth the length of the subcylindric basal 
nlargement. Palpi; the first segment short, irregularly subquad- 
ate, the second about as long, more slender, slightly expanded dis- 
ally, the third one-half longer, stouter, narrowly oval, the fourth 
ne-fourth longer than the third, more slender. Mesonotum, scutel- 
um and postscutellum black, the abdomen dark brown, incisures 
ind pleurae yellowish red. Wings hyaline, costa dark brown. Hal- 
eres semitransparent basally, reddish apically; legs a variable 
‘uscous yellowish brown. Ovipositor long, narrow, narrowly rounded. 
Dtherwise nearly as in the male. (See plate 6, fig. 1) 
Described from alcoholic specimens. 
Cecid. 959. 
Remedial measures. The most effectual method of keeping this 
pest in subjection, where its ravages are serious, is by the early 
destruction of the infested fruit, that is, the removal and burning 
or deep burial of all such fruit by the latter part of May, before the 
pears have advanced so far as to decay and crack during rains. 
This method might be made a little more effective by setting a few 
Lawrence trees for the sole purpose of attracting the midges to the 
young fruit, thus drawing them away from more desirable var eties. 
Contarinia maculosa Felt 
1908 Felt, E.P. N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 124, p. 394 
This olive-brown species was taken July 17, 1906 on bittersweet, 
Celastrus scandens, at Albany, N. Y. 
Male. Length 1.6 mm. Antennae one-fourth longer than the 
body, thickly haired, light brown, basally fuscous yellowish; 14 seg- 
ments, the fifth with stems one and one-half and three times their 
diameters, respectively; terminal segment, basal enlargement sub- 
globose, the basal portion of the stem with a length twice ts diameter, 
the distal enlargement narrowly oval, witha length twice its diameter, 
apically a long, slender, fingerlike process. Palpi; the first segment 
short, stout, irregular, the second long, stout, with a length about 
