REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1917 131 
Dentifibula caryae Felt 
1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 110, p. 132; separate, p. 36 
Contarinia) 
1908 


N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 124, p. 389 
This yellowish species was taken on hickory, Carya, at Albany, 
Mm Y., June r9, 1906. 
Male. Length .75 mm. Antennae longer than the body, thickly 
aired, pale yellowish; 14 segments, the fifth with stems two and 
ne-half and four times their diameters, respectively; the loops of 
he circumfilum long; terminal segment somewhat reduced, the 
asal portion of the stem short, the distal enlargement broadly 
val. Palpi short, the first segment short, stout, irregular, the 
second broadly oval, the third a little longer, more slender. The 
ntire insect is yellowish with the exception of a dark basal spot 
nm the abdomen. Wings hyaline, costa pale yellowish; membrane 
parsely clothed with long, curved hairs. Legs pale yellowish; 
arsi fuscous; claws simple, evenly curved and as long as the pul- 
ili. Genitalia; dorsal plate short, broadly and triangularly emar- 
inate, the lobes broadly rounded; ventral plate long, broadly 
OBunded. Type Cecid. 332b. 
Dentifibula cocci Felt 
1908 Felt, E.P. N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 124, p. 389 
1914 ————— Econom. Ent. Jour., 7:458 
This yellowish brown species, loaned through the courtesy of the 
Jnited States National Museum, was reared May 1, 1897 from 
Bspidiotus uvae Comst., taken in Illinois. 
Male. Length 1 mm. Antennae one-half longer than the body, 
hickly haired, light brown; 14 segments, the fifth with stems three 
nd four times their diameters, respectively, the loops of the circum- 
lum rather short; terminal segment with the basal portion of the 
tem reduced, the distal enlargement narrowly oval. Palpi short, 
he first segment subquadrate, the second narrowly oval, the third 
me-half longer, slightly expanded. Mesonotum light yellowish 
own. Scutellum, postscutellum and abdomen light yellow, the 
atter with an oval, fuscous spot basally and rather thickly haired. 
Nings hyaline, costa light brown, the membrane rather thickly 
lothed with nearly straight hairs; halteres yellowish transparent. 
xegs pale yellowish, the distal tarsal segments light brown, the 
imple claws slender, evenly curved, hardly as long as the pulvilh. 
yenitalia; dorsal plate short, deeply and narrowly incised, the lobes 
oadly rounded; ventral plate short, broadly rounded. Type C ecid. 
fO18. 
Two Indian species, D. ceylanica Felt (N. Y, Ent. Soc. 
four., 23:175, ’1s) and D. obtusilobae Felt (N. Y. Ent. Soc. 
four., 23:176, ’15) were reared from twigs of Cassia. a emae 
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