146 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



This pale yellowish male was reared October 5, 1906 from a large, 

 loose, rosette gall on Solidago canadensis taken at Ashe- 

 ville, N. C. 



Male. Length i mm. Antennae one-fourth longer than the body, 

 thickly haired, fuscous yellowish, lighter basally; fourteen segments, 

 the fifth with stems thrice their diameters; distal node with a length 

 equal to its diameter. Palpi; the first segment subquadrate, the 

 other three twice as long, subequal; face fuscous yellowish. Mesono- 

 tum dark brown, submedian lines indistinct. Scutellum black or 

 very dark brown, postscutellum dark brown. Abdomen pale yel- 

 lowish, basal segments dark brown or black dorsally, the terminal 

 segments shaded with orange; genitalia yellowish, tipped with dark 

 brown and thickly setose. Wings subhyaline, spotted, costa pale 

 yellowish and fuscous; there is a distinct marginal spot anteriorly 

 near the middle and at the apical fourth ; on the posterior border 

 there is a marginal spot at the basal third and at the apex of the 

 fork of the fifth vein, the halteres pale.^^ellowish. Legs a variable 

 light fuscous yellow basally, basal tarsal segments somewhat darker 

 than the distal ones; claws slender, strongly curved. Genitalia; 

 basal clasp segment long, slender; terminal clasp segment long; 

 dorsal plate broadly and deeply incised, the lobes acutely rounded; 

 ventral plate narrow, broadly rounded; style narrow, long. Type 

 Cecid. ai636. 



Lestodiplosis eupatorii Felt 



1907 Felt E. P N. Y. State Mus. Bui. no, p. 140; separate, p. 44 



1908 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 410 



191 5 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 175, pi. 4, fig. 19 



1918 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 200, p. 190 



This pale yellowish species was reared September 12, 1906 from 

 rotmded galls (pi. 13, fig. 2) in flower heads of Eupatorium 

 ageratoides collected at South Bay, Glen Lake, Lake Cham- 

 plain, August 21, 1906. 



Male. Length i mm. Antennae fully one-half longer than the 

 body, thickly clothed with long hairs, light brown; fourteen segments, 

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

 distal node with a length one-fourth greater than its diameter. 

 Palpi; the first segment rather elongate, subquadrate, second, third 

 and fourth subequal, the last more slender; face yellowish. Mesono- 

 ttim light olive brown, submedian lines sparsely clothed with pale 

 yellowish setae. Scutellum pale yellowish, postscutellum dark 

 brown. Abdomen yellowish orange, slightly darker posteriorly, 

 basal segments irregularly fuscous. Wings subhyaline, very indis- 

 tinctly spotted, costa light brown; halteres pale yellowish apically, 

 slightly lighter basally. Legs mostly a variable fuscous yellow, the 

 articulations and terminal tarsal segments lighter; claws rather 

 light, strongly curved, simple. Genitalia; basal clasp segment long; 



