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Artemisia gnaphalodes 

 Irregular, lobulate, polythalamous, white, pubescent gall, diameter 1 cm. 



Rhnpalomyin qnnphalodis n. sp. 



AscLEPiAS (milkweed) 



Elongate, fusiform stem gall on A. incarnala Neolasioplera asclepice Felt. 



Rusty brown, irregularly swollen young leaves on A. incarnala Cecidomyia sp. 



Oval, mid rib, tumid fold, length 7 mm. dia. 4 mm. on A. incarnala. .Cecidomyia sp. 

 Reared from rolled leaf, A. syriaca Lestodiplosin asclepice Felt. 



Aster 

 Flower or Bud Galls 



Aborted flower head of Aster patens Asphondylia monacha O. S. 



Dwarfed or stunted flower heads of Aster paniculatus . . Rhopalomyia asteriflorce Felt. 

 Axillary bud galls of Aster lateriflorus, diameter, 10 mm. .Rhopalomyia lateriflori Felt. 



Blister Leaf Galls 



Gall, yellowish white, nearly circular, 2 to 3 mm. in diameter; on Aster macrophyllus. 



Lasioptera clarkei Felt. 

 Gall, yellowish brown, narrowly oval, length, 4 mm.; diameter, 2 mm. 



Asteromyia dumosce Felt. 



Gall, brownish, yellow ringed, circular, diameter, 3 mm Asteromyia waldorfi Felt. 



Gall, yellowish, shining, oval, diameter, 6 to 7 mm Asteromyia nitida Felt. 



Gall, pinkish, large, oval blotches on Aster divaricatus, diameter 10 to 12 mm. 



Asteromyia divaricata Felt. 

 Gall, yellowish or brownish, irregularly oval, diameter 3 mm. 



Asteromyia marginata Felt. 

 Gall, yellowish or browTiish, irregularly oval, diameter 6 mm.; on Aster paniculata. 



Asteromyia paniculata Felt. 



Gall, blackish, oval, diameter 4 mm Asteromyia reducta n. sp. 



Gall, greenish yellow or papery white, diameter 1.75 cm.; on Aster Icevis 



Asteromyia Itviana Felt. 

 Gall, sooty yellow beneath, dirty white above, length, 2 cm.; dian:etei, 1.2 cm. 



Asteromyia flavomaculata Felt. 

 Gall, yellowish white, dark margined, diameter, 3.0 mm Asteromyia asterifolia Beutm. 

 Gall, oval, green swellings, length 2 mm., diameter, 1.5 mm. 



Asteromyia vesiculosa Felt. 



Stem or Branch Galls 



Gall, a small pustulate swelling on aster stems, diameter 3 mm. 



Asteromyia pustulata Felt. 

 Fusiform stem or branch gall, length, 1 cm.; diameter 0.4 cm. 



Neolasioplera ramuscida Beutm. 



Greenish brown, fusiform, irregular stem swelling at or near the base of the leaf, 



length, 1 cm; diameter, 0.6 cm., on Aster infirmus. . . Neolasioplera albilarsis Felt. 



Oval twig gall on Aster novce-anglice Rhopalomyia astericaulis Felt. 



Ovate, sessile, brownish galls densely white haired, length, 7 mm., on Aster crassulus. 



Rhopalomyia crassulina Ckll. 



