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REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1907 287 
Lasioptera eupatoriflorae n. sp. 
Male. Length 1.25 mm. Antennae not extending to the 
base of the abdomen, sparsely haired, dark brown, the basal 
segments pale reddish, 12 segments; face pale reddish. Pro- 
notum fuscous, mesonotum slightly fuscous, the submedian 
lines indistinct. Scutellum and postscutellum reddish. Abdo- 
men reddish. Halteres,and coxae pale reddish, femora yellowish 
at the base, brownish apically, tibiae and tarsi brownish. 
Female. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae hardly extending to the 
base of the abdomen, 11 segments. Color characters about as 
in the male. 
Bred August 24, 1907, from flowers of thoroughwort taken at 
mi<arner, N. Y. 
Type C. aneso, IN. 3. Suewe Milman, 
Lasioptera excavata n. sp 
Female. Length 1 mm. Antennae extending to the fourth 
abdominal segment, rather thickly haired, black, the basal seg- 
ments yellowish, 26 segments; face with a conspicuous patch of . 
silvery white scales, the head thickly clothed posteriorly with 
silvery white scales. Mesonotum narrowly dark brown, broadly 
and variably margined laterally and anteriorly with pale yel- 
lowish, the submedian lines broad, pale yellowish and sparsely 
haired. Scutellum pale yellowish, postscutellum pale orange. 
Abdomen mostly pale orange, the second to sixth segments 
variably marked basally with dark brown, the markings being 
almost obsolete on the second, nearly reaching the margin on 
the third and extending thereto on the fourth, fifth and sixth 
segments; ovipositor pale orange, venter pale yellowish, sparsely 
clothed with silvery scales. Halteres pale yellowish. Coxae, 
“femora and tibiae mostly pale yellowish, the femora narrowly 
reddish brown apically, the tarsi black. | 
Bred August 6, 1907, from a pale green, reddish lDmonswan blister- 
like mine on Crataegus foliage. 
ype Co argyo, IN. W, Size Mise, 
Choristoneura clematidis n. sp. 
Female. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae extending to the second 
abdominal segment, sparsely haired, dark brown, 26 segments; 
face below the antennae rather thickly clothed with silvery 
white scales. Mesonotum dark brown, apparently margined 
