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lighter at the base, all black distally with the incisures clothed 
with silvery scales, tibiae black with the articulations clothed 
| with silvery scales, tarsi black, gray ventrally. 
Bred September 3, 1907, from flower heads or leaves of 
Helianthus strumosus taken at Highland, N. Y. 
Type C. a1718x, N. Y. State Museum. 
Arnoldia absobrina n. sp. 
Male. Length 1.25 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the 
body, rather thickly haired, dark brown, 12 segments. Head, 
mesonotum, abdomen, coxae and pleurae all reddish yellow, the 
mesonotum with the sublateral area slightly brownish, the ab- 
domen sparsely clothed dorsally with fuscous hairs. Halteres 
yellowish transparent, fuscous subapically. Legs with the coxae 
and femora pale yellowish, the latter becoming darker distally ; 
tibiae and tarsi dark brown. 
Female. Length 1 mm. Antennae extending to the third ab- 
dominal segment, sparsely haired, dark brown, 12 segments, the 
basal segment and face yellowish. Mesonotum dark brown, the 
submedian lines sparsely haired. Scutellum pale orange, post- 
scutellum pale yellowish. Abdomen rather thickly clothed with 
fuscous hairs, pale yellowish. Halteres yellowish basally, fus- 
cous apically. Coxae and femora fuscous yellowish, tibiae and 
tarsi dark brown. 
Bred from a jar containing Crataegus leaves bearing a sub- 
cylindric fimbiiate unicellular gall. 
Type Co aissas IN. W, Suave Milnsemimn, 
Arnoldia fraxinifolia n. sp. 
Male. Length 1 mm. Antennae about as long as the body, 
rather sparsely haired, dark brown, the basal segments yel- 
lowish, 12 segments; face fuscous yellowish. Mesonotum light 
brown, the submedian lines indistinct. Scutellum, postscutellum 
and abdomen a nearly uniform light yellowish or yellowish 
orange, the latter sparsely clothed dorsally with fuscous hairs, 
genitalia light fuscous. Halteres yellowish basally, light fus- 
cous apically. Coxae and femora pale yellowish, tibiae light 
fuscous straw, tarsi dark brown, almost black. 
Bred July 25, 1907, from badly rolled young ash leaflets taken 
at Newfoundland, N. J. 
Type C. ar572a, N. Y. State Museum. 
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