REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1918 137 
Male. Length 1.25 mm. Antennae one-half longer than the 
body, thickly haired, light brown, yellowish basally; Rileiech seg- 
ments, the fifth with stems three and one-half times their diameter, 
distal enlargement pyriform, with a length one-third greater than 
its diameter ; terminal segment, distal enlargement with a length 
four times its diameter, apex obtuse. Palpi: first segment sub- 
quadrate, the second, third and fourth subequal, the third being 
slender. Face fuscous yellowish. Mesonotum light brown, the 
submedian lines and posterior median area fuscous yellowish. Scu- 
tellum light fuscous yellowish, postscutellum darker. Abdomen 
fuscous yellowish and pale orange, the segments thickly haired 
posteriorly, the basal ones somewhat fuscous; genitalia fuscous 
yellowish. Wings hyaline, costa light brown. Halteres semi- 
transparent basally, fuscous yellowish apically. Legs a nearly uni- 
form fuscous yellowish; claws slender, strongly curved, the pulvilli 
shorter than the claws. Genitalia; basal clasp segment slender; 
terminal clasp segment long; dorsal plate broadly and roundly 
emarginate, the lobes narrowly rounded; ventral plate long, broadly 
rounded. Type Cecid. ar572. 
Lestcdiplosis basalis Felt 
1908 Felt, E.P. N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 124, p. 408 
The dark yellowish male with the abdomen fuscous basally, was 
taken July 6, 1906 on New Jersey tea, Ceanothus ameri- 
canus, at Albany, N. Y. 
Male. Length .75 mm. Antennae one-half longer than the body; 
thickly haired, light brown, yellowish basally; fourteen segments, 
the fifth with stems, each two and one-half times their diameter, 
distal enlargement pyriform, with a length one-half greater than 
its diameter; terminal segment having the distal enlargement with 
a length two and one-half times its diameter, broadly rounded 
apically. Palpi; first segment subquadrate, the second with a length 
two and one-half times its diameter, the third a little shorter, nar- 
rowly oval, the fourth still shorter, more slender. Face yellowish. 
Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian lines yellowish. Scutellum 
dark orange. Abdomen fuscous basally, dark yellowish apically; 
genitalia tipped with fuscous. Wings hyaline, costa light brown; 
halteres pale yellowish. Legs a nearly uniform light brown, the 
tarsi slightly darker; claws slender, strongly curved, the pulvilli 
nearly as long as the claws. Genitalia; basal clasp segment slender; 
terminal clasp segment stout at base, short; dorsal plate deeply and 
narrowly emarginate, the lobes broadly rounded; ventral plate long, 
broadly rounded; style long. Type Cecid. 512. 
Lestodiplosis verbenifolia Felt 
1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 124, p. 408 
1918 —————_ N.Y. State Mus. Bul. 200, p. 182 
This light carmine male was reared July 20, 1907 from rolled 
leaves of Verbena urticifolia taken at Karner, N. Y. 
