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rather thickly clothed with fuscous scales, the third vein joining the margin a little 

 beyond the apex of the wing. Haltères and coxae yellowish, legs pale straw, claws 

 moderately long, stcut, strongly curved, simple, the pulviili about 2/3 the length of the 

 claws. Ovipositor nearly as long as the body, the distal portion aciculate. Dorsal pouch 

 apparently rudimentary. 



Pupa. Length 2.5 m.M. Antennal horns unusually long, narrowly triangular, 

 antennal cases extending to the base of the abdomen, the fuscous wing cases to the 

 second and the dark brown leg cases to the fourth and fifth abdominal segments. 

 Thoracic horns slender, strongly curved. Mesonotum reddish brown, fuscous on the 

 apical margin, abdomen pale orange, with fuscous hairs, the dorsum of the abdominal 

 segments with three or four transverse basal rows of rather small, weakly chitinized spines. 



Type Cecid. A 3096, N. Y. State Museum. 



Asphondylia strobilanthî n. sp. 



The one male reared is characteristic of the genus. The insect produces 

 an undescribed gall on the aerial roots of Strobilanthus cernuus Bl. The data 

 on the label follows: Strobilanthus cernuus Bl. Tjibodas, altitude 1800 M,, 

 December, 1918, DvL. The material consists of one adult, one pupa, two 

 larvae and also pupae of parasites. 



Male. Length 3 m.M. Antennae probably as long as the body, sparsely haired, 

 light brown, 14 segments, the fifth cylindric, with a length six times its diameter, rather 

 thickly clothed with narrow, curved scales, the circumfila very convolute, rather high 

 and somewhat heavy. Terminal segments missing. Palpi, the first segment short, irregu- 

 lar, the second broadly oval. Mesonotum reddish brown, scutellum yellowish, postcutel- 

 lum yellowish brown, abdomen fuscous yellowish, wings hyaline, haltères whitish tran- 

 sparent, coxae fuscous yellowish, legs mostly pale straw. Claws long, moderately stout, 

 strongly curved, the pulviili a little shorter than the claws. Genitalia, basal clasp segment 

 short, stout, terminal clasp segment short, moderately stout, bidentate, apex heavily 

 chitinized, dorsal plate deeply and triangularly incised, the lobes divergent, roundly 

 triangular and thickly setose. Ventral plate short, deeply and narrowly incised, the lobes 

 roundly triangular and sparsely setose. 



Pupa (Female). Length 5 m.M. Antennae with conspicuous triangular 

 basal horns, the antennal cases extending to the base of the abdomen, the wing cases 

 to the second abdominal segment and the leg cases to the fourth abdominal segment. 

 The thorax dark, abdomen fuscous yellowish, the dorsum of the abdominal segments 

 with a broad, transverse band of irregularly placed short, stout chitinous spines, covering 

 most of the basal three fourths of each segment. 



