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Gall. The pale yellowish larvae live freely upon the distorted, 
partially rolled leaves, producing pseudogall-like formations. 
Itonida myricae Beutm. 
1907 Beutenmueller, William Can. Ent., 39:306 
1918 Felt, E. P. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Bul., 38:181-82 
1918 ——-—— N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 200, p. 40 
This yellowish midge was reared from a bud gall on wax myrtle, 
Mynica cernifer. [tis related,to,1.,tecom ac, Felt, from 
which it is readily separated by a number of characters. 
Itonida verbenae Beutm. 
1907 Beutenmueller, William Can. Ent., 39:306-7 
1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 124, p. 414 (Cecidomyia urtifolia) 
1918 ——— N.Y. State Mus. Bul. 200, p. 182 
This pale yellowish form was reared July 20, 1907 from the ter- 
minal rolled leaves of Verbena urticaefolia taken at 
Karner, N. Y. é 
Male. Length 1.25 mm. Antennae one-half longer than the 
body, thickly haired, light fuscous, the stems colorless, basally a 
nearly uniform pale yellowish; fourteen segments, the fifth with 
stems each three and one-half times their diameter. Palpi; the first 
‘segment rather long, irregularly subquadrate, the second slender, 
with a length fully three and one-half times its diameter, the third 
a little shorter and more slender and the fourth one-third longer 
and more dilated than the third. Thorax and abdomen a nearly 
uniform pale yellowish. Wings hyaline, costa light straw; halteres 
yellowish transparent. Legs light straw, the distal tarsal segments 
somewhat darker; claws long, stout, strongly curved basally, the 
pulvilli about half the length of the claws. Genitalia; dorsal plate 
short, broad, deeply and broadly emarginate, the lobes obliquely 
truncate, produced laterally; ventral plate long, slender, broadly and 
roundly emarginate, the lobes long, tapering, narrowly rounded; 
style long, slender, narrowly rounded. Cecid. ars77. 
Itonida reginae n. sp. 
This dark brown male was taken May 28, 1907 at Regina, N. W. T. 
by T. N. Willing. 
Male. Length 2 mm. Antennae one-fourth longer than the 
body, rather thickly haired, brown; fourteen segments, the fifth with 
stems one and one-half and two and one-half times their diameters; 
terminal segment, distal enlargement prolonged, tapering, obtuse. 
Palpi; the first segment stout, with a.length about one-half greater 
than the diameter, the second about twice as long as the first and 
more slender, the third a little longer and more slender than the 
second and the fourth a little longer than the third. Mesonotum 
