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ment, which latter has a length two and one-half times its diam- 
eter. Palpi; first segment subquadrate, the second nearly twice the 
length of the first, the third and fourth, each longer than the preced- 
ing, subequal. Mesonotum light fuscous -yellowish, the posterior 
median area and submedian lines yellowish. Scutellum and post- 
scutellum fuscous yellowish. Abdomen fuscous yellowish, the dorsal 

Fig. 59 Dicrodiplosis 
longicornis, fifth antennal 
segment of female (enlarged, 
original) 
sclerites well separated, dark yellowish. _Ovipositor yellowish 
orange. Wings narrow, costa light brown. Halteres pale yellowish, 
fuscous apically. Coxae yellowish; femora and tibiae fuscous straw, 
tarsi pale yellowish straw, the distal segments tinged with carmine; 
claws long, strongly curved, the pulvilli about half the length of 
the claws. Ovipositor about one-half the length of the abdomen, 
the terminal lobes narrowly lanceolate. Type Cecid. 534. 
Dicrodiplosis borealis Felt 
i907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 110, p. 113-14; separate, p. 17 
(Rhabdophaga) 
This dark carmine species was taken on spruce, Picea, at Lake 
Clear, N. Y.; June 7, 1906. 
Female. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, 
sparsely haired, light brown, the fifth antennal segment with a stem 
one-half the length of the cylindric basal enlargement, which latter 
has a length twice its diameter. Palpi; first segment short, stout, 
the second rectangular, the third as long as the second, more slender, 
the fourth one-fourth longer than the third. Mesonotum dark brown, 
the posterior median area and submedian lines yellowish, the latter 
sparsely haired. Scutellum yellowish. Abdomen dark carmine. 
Costa dark brown. Halteres whitish transparent. Legs a nearly 
uniform pale brown, the tarsi darker; claws slender, curved. Ovi- 
positor short, the lobes subtriangular. Type Cecid. 159. 
