156 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 
This midge was reared from a Pseudococcus species occurrin 
on Solanum and collected at Riverside, Cal., by P. H. Timberlake. 
Dicrodiplosis antennata Felt 
1912 Felt, E.P. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour., 20:243-44 
1914 —————— __ Econom. Ent. Jour., 7:458 
This species was reared by Dr O. A. Johannsen, Orono, Maine 
from reddish orange larvae preying on the false maple scal 
Phenacoccus acericola King. 


Dicrodiplosis helena Felt 
1912 Felt, E.P. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour., 20:245 
The midge was reared from subglobular galls on the underside ¢ 
Aspen leaves, Populus tremuloides, collected by Misj 
Cora H. Clarke at Magnolia, Mass. It is by no means certain tha 
in this species we have the gall maker. 
Dicrodiplosis annulata Felt 
1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 110, p. 113; Separate, p. 7 
(Rpaidophars) 
This dull yellowish species was swept from goldenrod and aster a“ 
Albany, N. Y., July 6, 1906. 
Female. enstn 1mm. Antennae shorter than the body, thick 
haired, dark brown, yellowish basally; 14 segments, the fifth with ; 
stem one-fourth the length of the cylindric basal enlargement, whicll 
latter has a length twice its diameter. Palpi; first segment short 
stout, the second twice the length of the first, narrowly oval, the 
third one-half longer than the second, the fifth a little longer than the 
third. Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian lines yellowish 
Scutellum dark brown, fuscous apically, postscutellum yellowish: 
Abdomen dull yellowish, the basal segments fuscous dorsally; oviv 
positor pale orange. Costa light brown. Halteres yellowish basally 
pale orange distally. Coxae and femora basally pale orange, the 
distal portion of femora fuscous; tibiae pale straw, tinged with 
carmine; tarsi light brown; claws slender, evenly curved; ovipositot 
short, the lobes sublanceolate, acute. Type Cecid. 514. 

Dicrodiplosis longicornis n. sp. 
This midge was taken in a trap lantern at Nassau, N. Y., July of 
1906. 
Female. Length 1.25 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, 
thickly haired, dark brown, yellowish basally; 14 segments, the fifth 
with a stem three-fourths the length of the cylindric basal enlarges 

