I42 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 
clasp segments long, slender; dorsal plate short, broad, deeply and 
triangularly incised, the lobes broadly rounded; ventral plate short, 
broadly rounded; style short. Type Cecid. a1569. 
Lestodiplosis apocyniflorae Felt 
1908 Felt, E.P. N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 124, p. 409 
1918 ———— _ N.Y. State Mus. Bul. 200, p. 180 
This dull fuscous yellowish male was reared August 9, 1907 from 
unopened, apparently normal flower buds of dogbane, Apocynum 
andromaesifolium, collected at Nassau, N. Y. 
Male. Length 1 mm. Antennae longer than the body, sparsely 
haired, yellowish brown; fourteen segments, the fifth with stems 
each having a length three and one-half times their diameter; distal 
enlargement subglobular, with a length one-fourth greater than its 
diameter. Palpi; first segment subquadrate, the second broadly 
oval, with a length twice its diameter, the third as long as the second, 
slender, the fourth a little longer and more slender. Mesonotum 
dull reddish, submedian lines indistinct. Scutellum and postscu- 
tellum dull reddish. Abdomen dull fuscous yellowish. Wings 
hyaline, costa dark brown; halteres white. Coxae dull reddish. 
Legs yellowish straw; claws long, strongly curved, the pulvilli nearly 
as long as the claws. Genitalia; basal clasp segment stout; terminal 
clasp segment long, slender; dorsal plate deeply and triangularly 
emarginate, the lobes narrowly rounded; ventral plate long, broadly 
rounded. Type Cecid. a1684. 
Lestodiplosis globosa Felt 
1908 Felt, E.P. N.Y. State Mus. Bul. 124, p. 409 
19ksy =. = Ne YeStateMusmBullzoopnss 
This fuscous yellowish male was reared July 24, 1907 from a 
variable subglobular leaf gall on poplar, Populus tremu- 
loides, taken by L. H. Joutel at Newfoundland, N. J. 
Male. Length .75 mm. Antennae nearly twice the length of the 
body, thickly haired, fuscous yellowish; fourteen segments, the 
fifth with stems having a length two and one-half and three and 
one-half times their diameters respectively; distal enlargement with 
a length one-half greater than its diameter. Palpi; first segment 
probably quadrate, the second narrowly oval, with a length about 
two and one-half times its diameter, the third as long as the second, 
more slender, the fourth a little longer than the third, slender. 
Mesonotum light brown, the submedian lines yellowish, indistinct. 
Scutellum reddish yellow. Abdomen fuscous yellowish. Wings 
hyaline, costa light brown; halteres pale yellowish. Legs a nearly 
uniform fuscous straw; claws slender, strongly curved, the pulvilli 
nearly as long as the claws. Genitalia; basal clasp segment slender; 
terminal clasp segment slender, rather short; dorsal plate triangularly 
emarginate, the lobes narrowly rounded; ventral plate long, broadly 
rounded; style short. Type Cecid. ar656. : 
