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Gall. This species appears to have been reared from a loose, 

 convolute apical gall having an approximate diameter of 6.5 mm. 

 It is composed of a thick mass of long, aborted, more or less curled 

 leaves. There were no indications of blister galls on any of. the 

 leaflets. 



Female. Length 1 mm. Antennae light brown, fuscous basally; 

 17 segments, the fifth with a length less than its diameter; terminal 

 segment twice the length of the preceding, subcorneal. Palpus, one 

 elongate segment, slightly enlarged distally; face fuscous, eyes 

 black, large. Mesonotum dark brown, submedian lines ornamented 

 with sparse, yellowish setae. Scutellum and postscutellum pale 

 yellowish brown. Abdomen nearly uniform dark brown, ovipositor 

 pale orange. Wings hyaline, costa dark brown, yellowish basally, 

 the third vein uniting with costa just beyond the basal half. Hal- 

 teres yellowish basally, whitish apically, base of club fuscous. Legs 

 mostly uniform dark brown with irregular, yellowish markings; 

 anterior tibiae yellowish, tarsi yellowish, the segments tinged with 

 reddish brown distally; mid and posterior tarsi mostly yellowish 

 with a faint brown annulation on the second segment, distal seg- 

 ment dark brown; claws rather stout, strongly curved. Ovipositor 

 moderately long, terminal lobes acutely rounded. Type Cecid. ai307. 



Asteromyia flavoanulata Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 329 (Baldratia) 



The small, marginal blister gall onSolidago canadensis 

 from which this species was reared, was taken at West Nyack, N. Y., 

 the adults appearing July 25, 1907. 



Gall. A marginal, circular-- golden gray blister gall with a diameter 

 about 3 . 5 mm and with the under" surface narrowly margined with 

 pale orange. There is apparently but one insect in a gall. 



Female. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae dark brown; 18 segments, 

 the fifth with a length about one-fourth greater than its diameter ; 

 terminal segment distinctly enlarged, produced, broadly rounded. 

 Palpi; the first segment short, stout, broadly oval, the second about 

 as long, much more slender ; face fuscous. Mesonotum reddish brown, 

 the lateral and anterior margins and submedian lines thickly yellow- 

 haired. Scutellum dark brown, postscutellum a little lighter. 

 Abdomen dark brown, the segments narrowly margined posteriorly 

 by silvery white lines, the latter interrupted in the middle and 

 laterally; ovipositor pale orange. Wings hyaline, costa dark brown, 

 the third vein uniting with costa at the basal half ; halteres yellowish 

 basally, fuscous apically. Coxae dark brown, femora light yellowish 

 basally, the distal portion and tibiae and tarsi dark brown; claws 

 rather long, stout, evenly curved, the pulvilli nearly as long as the 

 claws. Ovipositor about one-half the length of the abdomen, the 

 terminal lobes short, oval, broadly rounded. Type Cecid. ais68k. 



