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Tubular, axillary bud gall, length 10 to 25 mm. Fig. 238. Felt '13d, p. 418 



Itonid. Tubular bud gall, Hormomyia helianthi Brodie 

 Reared from undetected gall. Felt 'oye, p. 7 



Itonid. Neolasioptera helianthi Felt 



Actinomeris alternifolia 



Globose bud gall. Beutm. '07c, p. 391 



Itonid. Cecidomvia ? verbesinae Beutm 



Helenium (sneezeweed) 



Apical rosette gall, length 2 to 3 cm. Beutm. '07c, p. 383. Felt 'i6d, p. 137 



Itonid. Asphondylia autumnalis Beutm. 

 Small stems with the pith tunneled by orange-colored larv'ae 



Itonid. Cecidomyia sp. a274 



Fig. 239. R h o - 

 palomyia alti- 

 c o 1 a Ckll. (Au- 

 thor's illustration) 



Fig. 240. D i a r t h - 

 ronomyia floc- 

 c o s a Felt. (Original) 



Fig. 241. 

 D ia r t h - 

 ronomyia 

 calif o r - 

 n i c a Felt. 

 Three galls. 

 (Original) 



Fig. 242. R h o p a 1 o- 

 myia betheliana 

 Ckll. Cluster of galls. 

 (Original) 



Achillea (yarrow) 



Florets apparently normal. Felt 'o8e, p. 333 



Itonid. Yarrow flower midge, Clinorhyncha millefolii 



Wachtl. 

 Irregularly oval, flower bud gall with a whitish pubescence, length 7 mm. 



Itonid. ?Rhopalomyia millefolii H. Lw. 



Anthemis (chamomile) 



Larvae in flower heads. Felt 'iij, p. 453 



Itonid. Cecidomyia sp. 



