
REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST IQI7 7 
Male. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae one-half longer than the body 
thickly haired, light brown; 14 segments, the fifth with stems one 
and three times their diameters, respectively; terminal segment 
basal enlargement subhemispheric, the distal one subfusiform and 
ith a stout, narrowly rounded process distally. Palpt; the first 
segment short, stout, subquadrate, the second a little longer and 
somewhat expanded distally, the third one-half longer haa the 


Fig. 36 Conta- 
Ss rinia negund- 
Fig. 35 Conta- ifolia, fifth an- 

rinia negundifolia tennal segment of 
fifth antennal segment of female (enlarged, 
male (enlarged, original) original) 
second, stout, tapering apically, the fourth one-half longer and more 
slender than the third. Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian 
lines sparsely haired. Scutellum reddish brown, postscutellum and 
abdomen dark brown, the latter sparsely haired. Wings hyaline, 
costa reddish brown; halteres yellowish basally, fuscous apically. 
Legs fuscous yellowish; claws long, stout, strongly curved ‘distally, 
the pulvilli as long as the claws. Genitalia; dorsal plate short, 
broad, slightly and roundly incised, the lobes irregularly rounded. 

Fig. 37 Contarinia negundifolia, palpus of female 
(enlarged, original) 
Female. Length 1.75 mm. Antennae extending to the second 
abdominal segment, sparsely haired, dark brown, yellowish basally; 
14 segments, the fifth with a stem one-fourth the length of the 
subcylindric basal enlargement, which latter has a length three times 
its diameter and is slightly constricted near the middle; terminal 
segment somewhat reduced, broadly rounded apically. Palpi; the 
