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Legs mostly dark brown, the tarsal segments invariably pale yel- 

 lowish or reddish. 



Bred September i, 1906, from a whitish blister gall on Aster 

 laevis taken at Albany, N.Y. 



Type Cecid. ai2Si, N.Y. State Musemn. 



Choristoneura paniculata n. sp. 



Male. Length 2 mm. Antennae shorter than the body, sparsely 

 white haired, black, 14 segments. Mesonotum dark brown with 

 a pale median line. Scutellum dark brown, postscutellum a little 

 paler. Abdomen dark brown with some similar scales; membrane 

 and pleurae concolorous. Legs pale brown or slightly yellowish. 



Bred August 10, 1906, from a yellowish or brownish oval blister 

 gall on Aster paniculata. 



Type Cecid. 757, N.Y. State Museum. 



Choristoneura basalis n. sp. 



Male. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae J the length of the body, 

 sparsely haired, dark brown, probably composed of 14 segments; 

 face fuscous yellowish. Mesonotum dark brown, submedian lines 

 sparsely ornamented with yellowish hairs ; scutellum yellowish brown , 

 postscutellum yellowish. Abdomen with the 4 basal segments 

 yellowish white, the distal segment pale orange dorsally, sparsely 

 clothed with fuscous and yellowish scales. Genitalia fuscous; 

 coxae pale yellowish ; femora yellowish basally , dark brown distally ; 

 tibiae and tarsi dark brown. 



Taken on hazel at Albany, N.Y. August 6, 1906. 



Type Cecid. 739, N.Y. State Museum. , • 



Choristoneura liriodendri n. sp. 

 Male. Length 2.5 mm. Antennae not extending to the base 

 of the abdomen, sparsely clothed with fine hairs, dark brown, lighter 

 basally, 18 segments. Mesonotum dark brown, shining, clothed 

 with long white hairs, more abundant anteriorly and seen from the 

 side appearing like a collar. Submedian lines rather abundantly 

 clothed with fine hairs; scutellum and postscutellum reddish; ab- 

 domen with the basal segments covered with white scales; the 2d 

 black basally, the dark collar with 3 distal prolongations, that on 

 the median line extends across the segment; the 3d segment has 

 3 dark points extending across the segment, the 4th is decidedly 

 reddish yellow, the 5th narrow at the base and clothed with a patch 



