144 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



ones larger, the basal half scatteringly and rather uniformly clothed 

 with heavy, chitinous teeth. 



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

 sparsely haired, light brown; 14 segments. Palpi; the first segment 

 short, stout, sub quadrate, the second stout, with a length about 

 three times its diameter, the third long, slender, tapering distally 

 and with a length about twice the second; face reddish yellow. 

 Mesonotum smooth, reddish brown. Scutellum fuscous yellowish, 

 postscutellum a little lighter. Abdomen rather thickly clothed with 

 long, yellowish hairs, reddish brown. Wings hyaline, costa yellowish 

 brown. Halteres yellowish basally, fuscous apically. Legs fuscous 

 yellowish, the distal tarsal segments darker; claws rather long, stout, 

 strongly curved, the pul villi as long as the claws. Genitalia; dorsal 

 plate short, stout, deeply and triangularly emarginate, the lobes 

 broadly rounded. Type Cecid. 809. 



Asphondylia opuntiae Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124:377 



1912 Hunter, W. D., Pratt, F. C, Mitchell, J. D. U. S. D. A. Bui. 113:34 



This is a large, dark brown form occurring on Opuntia, and judging 

 from the records, a relatively abundant species. The galls from 



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Fig. 26 Asphondylia opuntiae. Breastbone of larva, enlarged 



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which this insect was reared were collected at Sinton, Texas, March 

 26, 1906 by J. D. Mitchell. Apparently the same form was taken 



