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Exuviae. Length 5 mm, light brown, the anterior horns stout, 

 conical, the dorsum of the second or third abdominal segment with 

 an irregular row of stout spines on the distal third and on the basal 

 half scattering weaker spines. Terminal segment with a transverse 

 row of 10 spines on the distal third, the median four small, the others 

 successively larger laterally and ventrally ; the basal half with sparse 

 smaller, stout spines. 



Male. Length 2.5 mm. Antennae as long as the body, thickly 

 short haired, light brown; 14 segments, the third with a length about 

 five times its diameter. Palpi; the first segment with a length two 

 and one-half times its diameter, rather stout, rounded at the extrem- 

 ities, the second one-fourth longer, tapering at the extremities. 

 Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian lines sparsely haired. 

 Scutellum yellowish brown, postscutellum a little lighter. Abdomen 

 reddish brown, sparsely clothed with fine hairs. Wings hyaline, 

 costa pale yellowish brown. Halteres pale yellowish. Legs a variable 

 yellowish brown; claws short, stout, strongly curved, the pulvilli 

 as long as the claws. Genitalia; dorsal plate short, broad, the lobes 

 apparently divided, orbicular. 



Female. Length 3 mm. Antennae extending to the fourth abdom- 

 inal segment, sparsely haired, light brown; 14 segments, the third 

 with a length five times its diameter. Palpi; the first segment short, 

 stout, subquadrate, the' second more slender, one-half longer and 

 tapering. Ovipositor nearly as long as the body. Other characters 

 about as in the male. Type Cecid. 12 13. 



Asphondylia bumeliae Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. New Species of Cecidomyiidae II, p. 15 



1908 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124:296, 376 



The galls onBumelia lanuginosa were collected by Dr 

 C. L. Marlatt at Nuecestown, Texas, in May 1896, the midges 

 appearing shortly thereafter. 



Male. Length 2 mm. Antennae shorter than the body, sparsely 

 haired, light brown; 14 segments, the third with a length five times 

 its diameter. Palpi; the first segment long, stout, swollen distally, 

 the second oval, the third more than twice the length of the second. 

 Face yellowish brown. Mesonotum light brown, indistinctly mar- 

 gined laterally and anteriorly with yellowish, submedian lines pale 

 yellowish, sparsely setose. Scutellum light yellow, postscutellum 

 light brown. Abdomen thickly clothed with fine, yellowish hairs, 

 light brown. Wings hyaline, costa dark brown. Halteres yellowish 

 basally, fuscous apically. Legs a variable brown, the extremities 

 of tibiae and tarsi darker; claws long, stout, evenly curved, the pul- 

 villi shorter than the claws. Genitalia; basal clasp segment stout; 

 the rather large, roundly triangular lobe extends beyond the in- 

 sertion of the terminal clasp segment, which latter is short, obliquely 



