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bb Apical lobe broad, irregularly triangular, almost quadrate, the fif 
antennal segment having stems with a length two and one-half ar 
three times their diameters, respectively (West Indian)......... 
Spinosa’ Felt, C. arg 
aaa Apical lobe of the basal clasp segment slender 
b Subapical lobe short, broad and distinct, the fifth antennal segme: 
having stems with a length one and one-half and two and one-he 
times their diameters, respectively......speciosa Felt, C. 14! 
bb No subapical lobe, the apical lobe short, stoutly spined and with sid 
nearly parallel; the fifth antennal segment having stems with — 
length two and two and one-half times their diameters, respectively - 
quercina Felt, C. 24 
aaaa Apical lobe of the basal clasp segment rudimentary, terminal clasp se) 
ment short, stout, fifth antennal segment having stems with a leng* 
one and one-fourth and two and one-half times their diameters respe 
Gavel iygeyreme peur ce vac ter seenatiirs Ai Tails ©) 7g ne a oe coccidarum Fa 
Lobodiplosis acerina Felt 
1907 Felt,E.P. N.Y. State Mus. Bul. 110, p. 129; separate, p. q 
(Mycodiplosis) | 
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100 St Nia Ce StLeRNLUS. bul: E24 ape goo | 
This small, pale orange species appears to be widely distribute: 
since it was taken at Nassau, N. Y., June 11, 1906 on a window; # 
; 
Albany, N. Y., June 15th on soft maple and chokecherry; on re 
cedar at Westfield, N. Y., July 11, 1906; on elder at Newport, N. Y) 
July 25, 1906; was captured August 17th by Prof. C. W. Johnson é 
Brookline, Mass., and by C. P. Alexander at Johnstown, N. Y) 
July 20, 1909. 
Male. Length 1 mm. Antennae about as long as the body 
thickly haired, light brown; 14 segments, the fifth binodose, almos 
trinodose, the stems two and three times their diameters, respectively 
terminal segment, basal stem with a length six times its diamete 
the distal enlargement cylindric, with a length three times if 
diameter, apically an irregular, fingerlike process. Palpi; the firs 
segment short, stout, irregular, the-second stout, with a lengt 
three times its diameter, the third a little longer and more slende 
the fourth a little longer and more slender than the third. Fac 
fuscous yellowish. Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian line 
yellowish, rather thickly clothed with fuscous setae. Scutellum pal 
orange, postscutellum and abdomen a variable dark orange, th 
latter rather thickly setose. Wings hyaline, costa dark red. Ha 
teres yellowish red basally, yellowish white apically. Coxae pal 
reddish brown. Legs dark brown, lighter ventrally; claws stow 
strongly curved, the pulvilli about one-half the length of the claws 
Genitalia; basal clasp segment long, stout, the terminal lobe broac¢ 
evenly rounded and setose apically; terminal clasp segment stou’ 
shghtly curved; dorsal plate broad, deeply incised, the lobes broadl 
