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brown or black with submedian, white spots; antennal segments 

 21, the fifth with a length hardly equal its diameter. 



Neolasioptera ramuscula Beutm. 



Greenish brown, fusiform, irregular stem swelling at or near the 

 base of the leaf, length 1 em., diameter .6 cm., on Aster irifirnms. 

 Male, length 2.5 mm., abdomen dark brown ; antennal segments 20, 

 the fifth with a length hardly equal its diameter. Female, length 3 

 mm., abdomen dark brown with submedian, lunate, white spots; 

 antennal segments 24 or 25, the fifth with a length three quarters 

 its diameter Neolasioptera albitarsis Felt. 



Oval twig gall on Aster nome-anglice. Male, length 2.5 mm., abdomen 

 reddish brown, the segments margined with long hairs ; antennal 

 segments 18, the fifth with a stem three quarters the length of the 

 basal enlargement, which latter has a length 2^2 times its diameter, 

 palpi uniarticulate Rliopalomyia astericatilis Felt. 



Ovate, sessile, brownish galk densely white haired, length 7 mm., on 

 Aster crassulus. Male, length 1.5 mm., abdomen dark brown basal- 

 ly, lighter distally; 18 antennal segments, the fifth with a stem 

 three quarters the length of the basal enlargement, which latter 

 has a length nearly twice its diameter, palpi. biartieulate. 



BJiopalomym crassulina Ckll. 



Carya (Hickory) 



^ ,. ^ . „ Leaf Galls 



Cylmdric galls. 



Greenish or black, 4 to 5 mm. long, 1 mm. in diameter. 



Caryomyia tuhicola 0. S. 



Conical galls. 



Base subglobular with a long, slender apical process, greenish to 



reddish brown, 3 to 4 mm. long. Occurs in groups on midrib of 



bitternut hickory Caryomyia carycecola 0. S.^ 



Conical, nearly symmetrical, thin-walled, small, green or red tinted, 



length 2 mm Caryomyia sanguinolenta 0. S. 



Globose galls. 



-Smooth or nearly so. 



Nearly smooth, thin-walled yellowish green or brown, sparsely 



haired, usually with a slight nipple, diameter 2 mm. 



CaryomyiOi caryce 0. S. 



Thin-walled, depressed, yellowish green or brown, diameter 2 to 



2.5 mm Caryomyia consobriiia Felt. 



^ ScMzomyia carycecoJa Felt was supposed to have been reared from this 

 gall. The one or two specimens obtained were probably accidental. 



