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clasp segments long, slender; dorsal plate short, broad, deeply and 

 triangularly incised, the lobes broadly rounded; ventral plate short, 

 broadly rounded; style short. Type Cecid. ai569. 



Lestodiplosis apocjmiflorae Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 409 

 191 8 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 200, p. 180 



This dull fuscous yellowish male was reared August 9, 1907 from 

 unopened, apparently normal flower buds of dogbane, Apocynum 

 andromaesi folium, collected at Nassau, N. Y. 



Male. Length 1 inm. Antennae longer than the body, sparsely 

 haired, yellowish brown; fourteen segments, the fifth with stems 

 each having a length three and one-half times their diameter; distal 

 enlargement subglobular, with a length one-fourth greater than its 

 diameter. Palpi; first segment subquadrate, the second broadly 

 oval, with a length twice its diameter, the third as long as the second, 

 slender, the fourth a little longer and more slender. Mesonotum 

 dull reddish, submedian lines indistinct. Scutellimi and postscu- 

 tellum dull reddish. Abdomen dull fuscous yellowish. Wings 

 hyaline, costa dark brown; halteres white. Coxae dull reddish. 

 Legs yellowish straw; claws long, strongly curved, the pulvilli nearly 

 as long as the claws. Genitalia; basal clasp segment stout; terminal 

 clasp segment long, slender; dorsal jjlate deeply and triangularly 

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

 rounded. Type Cecid. ai684. 



Lestodiplosis globosa Felt 

 1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 409 

 1918 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 200, p. 38 



This fuscous yellowish male was reared July 24, 1907 from a 

 variable subglobtilar leaf gall on poplar, P o p u 1 u s t r e m u - 

 1 o i d e s , taken by L. H. Joutel at Newfoundland, N.J. 



Male. Length .75 mm. Antennae nearly twice the length of the 

 body, thickly haired, fuscous yellowish; fourteen segments, the 

 fifth with stems having a length two and one-half and three and 

 one-half times their diameters respectively; distal enlargement with 

 a length one-half greater than .its diameter. Palpi; first segment 

 probably quadrate, the second narrowly oval, with a length about 

 two and one-half times its diameter, the third as long as the second, 

 more slender, the fourth a little longer than the third, slender. 

 Mesonotum light brown, the submedian lines yellowish, indistinct. 

 Scutellum reddish yellow. Abdomen fuscous yellowish. Wings 

 hyaline, costa light brown; halteres pale yellowish. Legs a nearly 

 uniform fuscous straw; claws slender, strongly curved, the pulvilli 

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

 terminal clasp segment slender, rather short ; dorsal plate triangularly 

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

 rounded; style short. Type Cecid. ai656. 



