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Cucurbitaceae (gourd family) 

 Cuctimeris (melon) 



Reared from curled, slightly enlarged tips. Lintn. '96, p. 168 



Itonid. Melon tip midge, Contarinia setigera Lintn. 

 Reared from aphids infesting melon tips. Felt 'o8e, p. 397 



Itonid. Melon aphid midge, A p h i d o 1 e t e s c u c u m e r i s Lintn. 



Fig. 210. 



Elder bud midge, 

 Asphondylia 

 s a m b u c i Felt. 

 (Author's illus- 

 tration) 



Fig. 211. Elder stem 

 midge, Neolasioptera 

 s a m b u c i Felt. One gall 

 in section and another 

 shown behind the normal 

 stem. (Original) 



Compositae (composite family) 

 Vernonia (ironweed) 

 Probably from a bud gall. Felt 'i6d, p. 135 



Itonid. Ironweed bud midge, Asphondylia v e r n o n i a e Felt 

 Reared from blossoms. Felt 'iik, p. 552 



Itonid. Ironweed blossom midge, Y o u n g o m y i a v e r n o n i a e 



Felt 

 Reared from deformed florets or an oval petiole or midrib gall, with a length 

 of 6 mm. Beutm. '07c, p. 389 



Itonid. Lasioptera vernoniae Beutm 



