REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST IQI7 161 
ately long and stout. Palpi; first segment short, stout, second a 
little longer, stouter, third with a length about two and one-half 
times the second. Mesonotum dark brown, submedian lines lighter, 
sparsely haired. Scutellum yellowish brown. Postscutellum darker. 
Abdomen reddish brown, the segments rather thickly margined 
posteriorly with brown setae, genitalia lighter. Costa light straw, 
subcosta greatly thickened basally, uniting with the margin before 
the basal half, the third vein just before the apex, the fifth at the 
distal fourth, its branch at the basal half. Halteres pale yellowish. 
Legs light yellowish straw. Claws long, slender, strongly curved, 
unidentate, the pulvilli as long as the claws. Genitalia: basal clasp 
segment long, broad and with a greatly produced, rather slender, 
triangular lobe at the internal basal angle, terminal clasp segment 
moderately long, stout; dorsal plate long, broad, deeply and nar- 
rowly incised, the lobes narrowly rounded, ventral plate long, broad 
and broadly rounded. Type Cecid. 1006. 
LOBODIPLOsIS Felt 
1908 Felt, E..P. N.Y. State Mus. Bul. 124, p. 397 
1910 Rubsaamen, E.H. Zeitsch. Wissenschaft. Insektenbiol., 15:289 
Toit Felt, E.P. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour., 19:54 
913 Kieffer, J. J. Gen. Insect., fase. 152, p. 192 
The genus was erected for certain small, orange or yellowish orange 
forms, easily recognized by the unidentate anterior claws, the third 
vein uniting with costa well beyond the apex, the distinct apical 
lobe of the basal clasp segment and the more or less well-developed 
frinodose character of the flagellate antennal segments in the male. 
The palpi are quadriarticulate and the harpes strongly curved 
and heavily chitinized. The type species is Mycodiplosis 
meetina Felt. 
Nothing is known concerning the life history of members of the 
species though it would not be surprising if they were zoophagous. 
The type species, L. acerina Felt is evidently widely distrib- 
uted and persists through a considerable part of the growing season. 
Key to Species 
a Apical lobe of the basal clasp segment broadly rounded 
b Lobe apical, broadly rounded distally, the fifth antennal segment 
having stems with a length two and three times their diameters, 
PESMECHIMEIV A se oitonie ec Bees ee eee acerina Felt, C. 243 
bb Lobe subapical, thickly setose, the fifth antennal segment having 
stems with a length two and two and one-half times their diameters, 
EST Sc 5078 Ne Oe borealis n.sp., C. 1753 
aa Apical lobe of the basal clasp segment triangular 
b Apical lobe long, narrowly triangular, the fifth antennal segment 
having stems with a length two and two and one-half times their 
diameters, respectively..........triangu laris n.sp., C. 1443 
