REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST I918 I37 



Male. Length 1.25 mm. Antennae one-half longer than the 

 body, thickly haired, light brown, yellowish basally; fourteen seg- 

 ments, the fifth with stems three and one-half times their diameter, 

 distal enlargement pyriform, with a length one-third greater than 

 its diameter; terminal segment, distal enlargement with a length 

 four times its diameter, apex obtuse. Palpi; first segment sub- 

 quadrate, the second, third and fourth subequal, the third being 

 slender. Face fuscous yellowish. Mesonotum light brown, the 

 submedian lines and posterior median area fuscous yellowish. Scu- 

 tellum light fuscous yellowish, postscutellum darker. Abdomen 

 fuscous yellowish and pale orange, the segments thickly haired 

 posteriorly, the basal ones somewhat fuscous; genitalia fuscous 

 yellowish. Wings hyaline, costa light brown. Halteres semi- 

 transparent basally, fuscous yellowish apically. Legs a nearly uni- 

 form fuscous yellowish; claws slender, strongly curved, the pul villi 

 shorter than the claws. Genitalia; basal clasp segment slender; 

 terminal clasp segment long; dorsal plate broadly and roundly 

 emarginate, the lobes narrowly rounded; ventral plate long, broadly 

 rounded. Type Cecid. ai572. 



Lestodiplosis basalis Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 408 



The dark yellowish male with the abdomen fuscous basally, was 

 taken July 6, 1906 on New Jersey tea, Ceanothus ameri- 

 c a n u s , at Albany, N. Y. 



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

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

 the fifth with stems, each two and one-half times their diameter, 

 distal enlargement pyriform, with a length one-half greater than 

 its diameter; terminal segment having the distal enlargement with 

 a length two and one-half times its diameter, broadly rounded 

 apically. Palpi; first segment subquadrate, the second with a length 

 two and one-half times its diameter, the third a little shorter, nar- 

 rowly oval, the fourth still shorter, more slender. Face yellowish. 

 Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian lines yellowish. Scutellum 

 dark orange. Abdomen fuscous basally, dark yellowish apically; 

 genitalia tipped with fuscous. Wings hyaline, costa light brown; 

 halteres pale yellowish. Legs a nearly uniform light brown, the 

 tarsi slightly darker; claws slender, strongly curved, the pul villi 

 nearly as long as the claws. Genitalia; basal clasp segment slender; 

 terminal clasp segment stout at base, short; dorsal plate deeply and 

 narrowly emarginate, the lobes broadly rounded; ventral plate long, 

 broadly rounded; style long. Type Cecid. 512. 



Lestodiplosis verbenifolia Felt 

 1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 408 

 191 8 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 200, p. 182 



This light carmine male was reared July 20, 1907 from rolled 

 leaves of Verbena urticifolia taken at Kamer, N. Y. 



