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ment long, slender; dorsal plate long, deeply and narrowly emar- 
ginate, the lobes broadly rounded; ventral plate indistinct. 
Female. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, 
sparsely haired, pale straw, yellowish basally; fourteen segments, the 
fifth (fig.25b) with a stem three-fourths the length of the cylindric basal 
enlargement, which latter has a length two and one-half times its 
diameter, is slightly constricted near the basal third; terminal segment 
(fig. 25a) with a length three and one-half times its diameter, narrowly 
rounded. Palpi; first segment subquadrate, the second narrowly 
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Fig. 25 Lestodiplosis crataegifolia: a, terminal and 3, fifth antennal segment 
of female (enlarged, original) 
oval, with a length three times its width, the third shorter, narrowly 
oval, the fourth nearly as long as the second. Face yellowish. 
Mesonotum dark brown, the narrow submedian lines yellowish, 
sparsely haired. Scutellum pale yellowish, sparsely setose, post- 
scutellum darker. Abdomen pale yellowish. Ovipositor short, 
terminal lobes narrowly oval, with a length three times the width. 
Otherwise nearly as in the male. Type Cecid. a1555. 
Lestodiplosis cincta Felt 
1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 124, p. 408 
This yellowish male was taken July 3, 1906 on New Jersey tea, 
Ceanothus americanus, at Albany, N. Y. 
Male. Length .75 mm. Antennae one-half longer than the body, 
thickly haired, pale brown, yellowish basally ; fourteen segments, 
the fifth with stems twice the length of their diameters; the distal 
node with a length one-half greater than its diameter. Palpi; the 
first segment subquadrate, rounded distally, the second one-half 
longer, narrowly oval, the third a little shorter, the fourth a little 
longer and more slender than the third; face yellowish. Mesonotum 
dark brown, submedian lines narrow, yellowish. Scutellum and 
