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Circumfila moderately stout. First segment of palpi short, sub- 

 quadrate, second with a length nearly three times its diameter, 

 third one-half longer than second. Mesonotum reddish brown, 

 anterior lateral margins narrowly yellowish, sparsely haired. 

 Seutellum and postscutellum yellowish. Abdomen reddish 

 brown, rather thickly yellow-haired. Wings hyaline. Halteres 

 reddish brown. Coxae, femora, and tibise mostly yellowish 

 brown; tarsi lighter. Claws moderately stout, pulvilli nearly 

 as long as claws. Genitalia: Basal clasp segment very short, 

 stout, subglobose; terminal clasp segment short, narrowly oval, 

 heavily chitinized apicad and bidentate; dorsal plate divided, 

 the lobes broadly oval, setose; ventral plate short, triangular, 

 roundly emarginate distad. 



Female. — Length, 3 millimeters. Antennse as long as the 

 body, light brown; 14 segments, fifth with a length about four 

 times its diameter, thirteenth with a length about two and a 

 half times its diameter, fourteenth with a length about three- 

 fourths its diameter. First segment of palpi short, oval ; second 

 greatly produced, with a length more than six times its diameter 

 and narrowly fusiform. Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian 

 lines sparsely haired, the lateral angles narrowly yellowish. 

 Seutellum and postscutellum yellowish brown. Abdomen dark 

 reddish brown, rather thickly haired. Halteres yellowish brown. 

 Coxae dark brown. Legs a variable dark brown. Claws moder- 

 ately heavy, strongly curved; pulvilli nearly as long as claws. 

 Ovipositor when extended with a length about equal to the 

 abdomen, the dorsal pouch moderately large and thickly clothed 

 with short stout hairs. 



Type. — Cecid. a2839. New York State collection; cotypes, 

 male and female, Bureau of Science entomological collection No. 

 3252 (slide mounts) and No. 14267. 



Luzon, Manila, 1905, Bureau of Science accession No. 3232 

 (C. S. Banks) ; Manila, 1907, Bureau of Science accession No. 

 6650 (W. Schultze), reared from stem galls on Cissus trifolia 

 (L.) K. Sch. ; Manila, 1910, Bureau of Science accession No. 

 14267 (E. D. Merrill). There was no description of the gall. 

 This species is peculiar in the marked production of the distal 

 antennal segments. 



Asphondylia callicarpae sp. nov. 



Male. — Length, 1.5 millimeters. Antennse nearly as long as 

 the body, dark brown; 14 segments, fifth with a length about 

 four and a half times its diameter, distal segment with a length 

 about three times its diameter, each flagellate segment with 



