Annual report . ook, M. T. Mich. Geol. & Biol. Surv. Pub. 1, Biol. Ser. 1, p. 31(Cecidomyia) 1910 Stebbins, F. A. Springf. Mus. Nat. Hist. Bui. 2, p. 111912 Cosens, A. Canad. Inst. Trans., 9:325 This gall is a somewhat common one in New York State andNew England. The dark brown adults pass the winter as larvaein the gall, appearing in early spring. Polygnotus species wasreared from this gall. Gall. This is a loose, cabbagelike apical deformity some 2 cm in diameter and about 3 to 4 cm long. The bracts giveshelter to the larvae of several inquilines. Male. Length 4 mm. Antennae about two
Annual report . ook, M. T. Mich. Geol. & Biol. Surv. Pub. 1, Biol. Ser. 1, p. 31(Cecidomyia) 1910 Stebbins, F. A. Springf. Mus. Nat. Hist. Bui. 2, p. 111912 Cosens, A. Canad. Inst. Trans., 9:325 This gall is a somewhat common one in New York State andNew England. The dark brown adults pass the winter as larvaein the gall, appearing in early spring. Polygnotus species wasreared from this gall. Gall. This is a loose, cabbagelike apical deformity some 2 cm in diameter and about 3 to 4 cm long. The bracts giveshelter to the larvae of several inquilines. Male. Length 4 mm. Antennae about two-thirds the length ofthe body, dark brown; 23 segments, the fifth with a stem aboutthree-quarters the length of the basal enlargement; terminal seg-ment somewhat prolonged. Palpi; first segment irregularly sub-quadrate, slightly swollen distally, the second longer, a little stouter,the third a little shorter and more slender than the second, thefourth about one-third longer than the third, more slender; face. REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST I913 II3 fuscous. Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian lines thicklyclothed with long, gray setae. Scutellum dark brown or black withnumerous long, gray setae apically, postscutellum dark dark brown, incisures dull red, thesegments margined posteriorly, especially later-ally, with long, grayish white setae; venterrather thickly clothed with short, silvery hyaline, costa dark brown. Halteres adull salmon, fuscous subapically. Legs a vari-able gray, the femora and tibiae with sparse,irregular dark brown markings; tarsi darkbrown or black; claws rather short, stout,strongly curved, the pulvilli as long as the ; basal clasp segment long, stout;terminal clasp segment swollen at the base;dorsal plate broad, deeply and triangularly in-cised; ventral plate long, stout, deeply andrather broadly emarginate. Harpes long, stout,convolute, obliquely truncate. Female. Length 4 to 5 mm. Antennae ex-tending to the th
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