196 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Gall. The pale yellowish larvae live freely upon the distorted, 

 partially rolled leaves, producing pseudogall-like formations. 



Itonida mjrricae Beutm. 

 1907 Beutenmueller, William Can. Ent., 39:306 

 1918 Felt, E. P. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Bui., 38:181-82 

 191 8 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 200, p. 40 



This yellowish midge was reared from a bud gall on wax myrtle, 

 Myricacerifer. It is related to I. tecomae Pelt, from 

 which it is readily separated by a number of characters. 



Itonida verbenae Beutm. 



1907 Beutenmueller, William Can. Ent., 39:306-7 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 414 (Cecidomyia urtifoKa) 

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



This pale yellowish form was reared July 20, 1907 from the ter- 

 minal rolled leaves of Verbena urticaefolia taken at 

 Kamer, N. Y. 



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

 body, thickly haired, light fuscous, the stems colorless, basally a 

 nearly uniform pale yellowish; fourteen segments, the fifth with 

 stems each three and one-half times their diameter. Palpi; the first 

 segment rather long, irregularly subquadrate, the second slender, 

 with a length fully three and one-half times its diameter, the third 

 a little shorter and more slender and the fourth one-third longer ' 

 and more dilated than the third. Thorax and abdomen a nearly 

 uniform pale yellowish. Wings hyaline, costa light straw; halteres 

 yellowish transparent. Legs light straw, the distal tarsal segments 

 somewhat darker; claws long, stout, strongly curved basally, the 

 pulvilh about half the length of the claws. Genitalia; dorsal plate 

 short, broad, deeply and broadly emarginate, the lobes obHquely 

 truncate, produced laterally; ventral plate long, slender, broadly and 

 roundly emarginate, the lobes long, tapering, narrowly rounded; 

 style long, slender, narrowly rounded. Cecid. ai577. 



Itonida reginae n. sp. 



This dark brown male was taken May 28, 1907 at Regina N. W T 

 by T. N. Willing. 



Male. Length 2 mm. Antennae one-fourth longer than the 

 body, rather thickly haired, brown; fotirteen segments, the fifth with 

 stems one and one-half and two and one-half times their diameters; 

 terminal segment, distal enlargement prolonged, tapering, obtuse. 

 Palpi; the first segment stout, with a length about one-half greater 

 than the diameter, the second about twice as long as the first and 

 more slender, the third a little longer and more slender than the 

 second and the fourth a little longer than the third. Mesonotum 



