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Legs mostly dark brown, the tarsal segments invariably pale yel- 
lowish or reddish. 
Bred September 1, 1906, from a whitish blister gall on Aster 
laevis taken at Albany, N.Y. 
Type Cecid. ar281, N.Y. State Museum. 
Choristoneura paniculata n. sp. 
Male. Length2mm. Antennae shorter than the body, sparsely 
white haired, black, 14 segments. Mesonotum dark brown with 
a pale median line. Scutellum dark brown, postscutellum a little 
paler. Abdomen dark brown with some similar scales; membrane 
and pleurae concolorous. Legs pale brown or slightly yellowish. 
Bred August 10, 1906, from a yellowish or brownish oval blister 
gallon Aster paniculata, 
Type Cecid. 757, N.Y. State Museum. 
Choristoneura basalis n. sp. 
Male. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae + the length of the body, 
sparsely haired, dark brown, probably composed of 14 segments; 
face fuscous yellowish. Mesonotum dark brown, submedian lines 
sparsely ornamented with yellowish hairs; scutellum yellowish brown, 
postscutellum yellowish. Abdomen with the 4 basal segments 
yellowish white, the distal segment pale orange dorsally, sparsely 
clothed with fuscous and yellowish scales. Genitalia fuscous; 
coxae pale yellowish; femora yellowish basally, dark brown distally ; 
tibiae and tarsi dark brown. 
Taken on hazel at Albany, N.Y. August 6, 1906. 
Type Cecid. 739, N.Y. State Museum. ‘ 
Choristoneura liriodendri n. sp. 
Male. Length 2.5 mm. Antennae not extending to the base 
of the abdomen, sparsely clothed with fine hairs, dark brown, lighter 
basally, 18 segments. Mesonotum dark brown, shining, clothed 
with long white hairs, more abundant anteriorly and seen from the 
side appearing like a collar. Submedian lines rather abundantly 
clothed with fine hairs; scutellum and postscutellum reddish; ab- 
domen with the basal segments covered with white scales; the 2d 
black basally, the dark collar with 3 distal prolongations, that on 
the median line extends across the segment; the 3d segment has 
3 dark points extending across the segment, the 4th is decidedly 
reddish yellow, the 5th narrow at the base and clothed with a patch 
