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and abdomen reddish. Wings subhyaline, variably sr 
whitish legs broadly banded with dark brown at ae ae ise 
the middle of the tibiae, on the first and the base of the second 
tarsal segments, on the apex of the second and the base of the third 
tarsal segments and apically on the fifth. Genitalia; basal clasp 
segment stout, long; terminal clasp segment slightly swollen basally 
stout; dorsal plate deeply and triangularly incised, the lobes nar- 
rowly rounded; ventral plate broad, narrowly rounded: style stout. 
Female. Antennae pale yellowish, the two basal segments blackish. 
Thorax dusky in the older specimens, reddish in the younger ones. 
Scutellum and abdomen reddish, the latter with pale, silky hair. 
Legs pale reddish yellow; femora clothed with blackish hair which 
gives them a dusky appearance; tibiae covered with silvery white 
hair, the base and a ring around the middle, black; tarsi silvery white, 
first joint black, also the base of the tip of the second and third. 
Wings pale buff with three more or less distinct dusky zigzag bands 
across (Pergande notes) Type Cecid. 986. 
Lestodiplosis clematiflorae Felt 
1908 Felt, E.P. N.Y. State Mus. Bul. 124, p. 409 
1918 ————_ N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 200, p. 129 
This reddish male was reared August 28, 1907 from unopened 
flowers of Virgins bower, Clematis virginiana, collected 
at Karner, N. Y. 
Male. Lengthrmm. Antennae one-fourth longer than the body, 
sparsely haired, light brown; fourteen segments, the fifth with stems 
three and one-half and three times their diameters, respectively; 
distal enlargement subglobose, with a length one-fourth greater 
than its diameter; terminal segment, distal enlargement with a length 
three times its diameter, obtuse. Palpi; first segment quadrate, the 
second with a length nearly three times its width, the third nearly 
as long as the second, more slender, the fourth longer than the third, 
more slender. Mesonotum slightly infuscated. Scutellum and post- 
scutellum a little darker than the reddish pleurae. Wings hyaline, 
costa reddish brown. Halteres, coxae and femora basally pale 
yellowish, the distal portion of femora and tibiae brownish; tarsi 
brown; claws long, slender, evenly curved, the pulvilli nearly as 
long as the claws. Genitalia; basal clasp segment long; terminal 
clasp segment long, slender; dorsal plate deeply and triangularly 
incised, the lobes narrowly rounded; ventral plate long, narrowly 
rounded; style long. Type Cecid. a1694b. 
Lestodiplosis carolinae Felt 
1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 110, p. 139; separate, p. 43 
(Cecidomyia) 
1908 ————— N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 124, p. 409 
I918 ————— N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 200, p. 192 
