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to 8th and a number of flies issued on the 15th and 16th. Apparentl» 
the same form was reared by Prof. C. P. Gillette at Fort Collins 
Col., from Aphis gossypii. He states that this species is 
particularly destructive to plant lice in the insectary and is nog 
uncommon out of doors, attacking different species of plant lice. 
Male. Length 1 mm. Antennae probably one-half longer than 
the body, thickly haired, light reddish brown; 14 segments, the fifth 
with stems two and three times their diameters respectively; terminal 
segment having the distal enlargement subcylindric, with a length 
four times its diameter and a long, slender, fingerlike process api- 
cally. Palpi; first segment subquadrate, the second with a length 
over twice its diameter, the third one-half longer, more slender, 
the fourth as long as the third, more slender. Mesonotum dark 
brown, shining, the submedian lines sparsely haired. Scutellum 
pale yellowish brown, postscutellum dark brown. Abdomen a 
variable reddish brown, the basal segments and genitalia lighter. 
Wings; costa light brown. Halteres, yellowish transparent. Coxae 
and base of femora yellowish, the distal portion of femora, tibiae 
and tarsi light yellowish brown: claws long, strongly curved, the 
pulvilli shorter than the claws. Type Cecid. too5. 
Aphidoletes cucumeris Lintn. 
1888 Lintner, J. A. Count. Gent., 53:725 (Cecidomyia) 
1889 ———————  [njur. & Other Ins. N. Y., 5th Rep’t, p. 306 (Cecidomyia) 
0 Oe MG CO pier Ins wN Ve ISTH Rep’t, p. 212 (Cecidomyia) 
1896 Injur. & Other Ins. N. Y., Tith Repit, Sp. ses 
(Cecidomyia) 
1897 Felt, E.P. Psyche 8, p. 4, 5 (Cecidomyia) 
1908 ——_———.__ N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 124, p. 397 
Do aan LL SOC Ont sotnsRepit, R: 44 
1 aa Econom. Ent. jours 7:458 


This species was at first credited with producing small, irregular, 
subovate, downy galls on the shoots of muskmelon, Cucumis 
melo, a deformity which unquestionably should be attributed to 
Contarinia setigera Lintn. The midges were reared in 
association with the above-mentioned form jn August 1888 from 
material originating at Lowell, Mass. 
Two small parasitic flies, L ysiphlebus cucurbita- 
Phidis Ashm. and Isocratus v ulgaris Walk., were 
reared from the infested melon tips and were probably parasitic 
upon the common cucumber plant lice with which the leaves were 
infested. 
Aphidoletes flavida Felt 
1908 Felt, E.P. N.Y. State Mus. Bul. 124, p. 397 
The pale, reddish orange male was taken July 24, 1906 on maple 
at Albany, N. Y. 
