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dark brown, 14 segments; face fuscous brown. Mesonotum 

 brownish black, the submedian lines distinct, rather thickly 

 clothed with 3'ellowish hairs. Scutellum reddish brown with a 

 few apical setae, postscutelluni slightly darker. Abdomen red- 

 dish brown, the second and following segments very thickly 

 clothed with long, golden yellow hairs. Halteres reddish brown, 

 pale yellowish distally. Pleurae and coxae reddish brown, the 

 femora, tibiae and tarsi a variable reddish brown. 



Bred February 6, 1897, from galls on Larrea tridentati 

 taken at Tucson, Ariz. 



Type C. 851, N. Y. State Museum, « 7320 U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture. 



Asphondylia azaleae n. sp. 



Male. Length 4 mm. Antennae nearly as as long as the body, 

 thickly clothed with fine hairs, light brown, 14 segments; face 

 fuscous yellowish. Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian lines 

 thickly clothed with grayish hairs. Scutellum reddish brown, 

 thickly clothed apically with long setae, postscutellum dark 

 salmon. Abdomen dark brown, sparsely clothed with fine hairs, 

 the segments rather thickly margined posteriorly with long 

 setae, the eighth segment mostly pale orange, genitalia fuscous; 

 pleurae rather thickly clothed with silvery white scales, the 

 venter slightly lighter than the dorsum. Halteres yellowish 

 white basally and apically, brown subapically. Coxae and 

 femora fuscous yellowish, tibiae and tarsi mostly dark brown. 



The female resembles the male closely in general appearance. 



Bred June 15. 1907, from enlarged azalea buds taken at 

 Albany. N. Y. 



Type C. ai48i, N. Y. State Museum. 



Asphondylia brevicauda n. sp. 



Female. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the 

 body, sparsely haired, reddish brown, 14 segments. Mesonotum 

 dark brown. Scutellum yellowish red, postscutellum a little 

 darker. Abdomen dark reddish brown, rather thickly haired. 

 Halteres pale yellowish. Legs mostly yellowish brown, the 

 tarsal segments darker. 



Taken at Fort Yuma. Ariz, by H. G. Hubbard. 



Type C. 1040, N. Y. State Museum. 



