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merit long, slender; dorsal plate long, deeply and narrowly emar- 

 ginate, the lobes broadly rounded; ventral plate indistinct. 



Female. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, 

 sparsely haired, pale straw, yellowish basally; fourteen segments, the 

 fifth (fig. 256) with a stem three-fourths the length of the cylindric basal 

 enlargement, which latter has a length two and one-half times its 

 diameter, is slightly constricted near the basal third; terminal segment 

 (fig. 2 5 a) with a length three and one-half times its diameter, narrowly 

 rounded. Palpi; first segment subquadrate, the second narrowly 



Fig. 25 Lestodiplosis crataegifolia: a, terminal and b, fifth antennal segment 

 of female (enlarged, original) 



oval, with a length three times its width, the third shorter, narrowly 

 oval, the fourth nearly as long as the second. Face yellowish. 

 Mesonotum dark brown, the narrow submedian lines yellowish, 

 sparsely haired. Scutellum pale yellowish, sparsely setose, post- 

 scutellum darker. Abdomen pale yellowish. Ovipositor short, 

 terminal lobes narrowly oval, with a length three times the width. 

 Otherwise nearty as in the male. Type Cecid. ai55S. 



Lestodiplosis cincta Felt 



PI908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 408 

 This yellowish male was taken July 3, 1906 on New Jersey tea, 

 Ceanothus americanus,at Albany, N. Y. 



Male. Length .75 mm. Antennae one-half longer than the body, 

 thickly haired, pale brown, yellowish basally; fourteen segments, 

 the fifth with stems twice the length of their diameters; the distal 

 node with a length one-half greater than its diameter. Palpi; the 

 first segment subquadrate, rounded distally, the second one-half 

 longer, narrowly oval, the third a little shorter, the fourth a little 

 longer and more slender than the third; face yellowish. Mesonotum 

 dark brown, submedian lines narrow, yellowish. Scutellum and 



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