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ments ; face fuscous. Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian 

 lines sparsely haired. Scutellum deep reddish brown, post- 

 scutellum dark fuscous. Abdomen dark brown, sparsely clothed 

 with fine hairs. Halteres fuscous basally, fuscous yellowish 

 apically. Legs a somewhat variable fuscous yellowish, femora 

 basally light yellowish. 



Female. Length 2.5 mm. Antennae extending to the fourth 

 abdominal segment, sparsely haired, fuscous yellowish, 20 seg- 

 ments; face fuscous with a patch of white scales just below the 

 eyes. Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian lines rather 

 thickly clothed with fine hairs. Scutellum reddish brown with 

 numerous setae apically, postscutellum dark brown. Abdomen 

 very sparsely clothed with fine hairs, brown, the incisures and 

 pleurae deep orange; ovipositor pale yellowish. Halteres pale 

 yellowish basally, fuscous apically. Legs fuscous yellowish. 



Bred in July 1907, from a pouch gall on Spiraea salici- 

 folia taken at Albany, N. Y. 



Type C. ai505, N. Y. State Museum. 



Asphondylia arizonensis n. sp. 



Male. Length 4.5 mm. Antennae a little longer than the 

 body, sparsely clothed with fine hairs, light brown, 14 segments. 

 Mesonotum dark brown, nearly naked. Scutellum pale yellow- 

 ish, postscutellum reddish brown. Abdomen light brown, rather 

 thickly clothed with yellowish hairs, the eighth segment pale 

 yellowish, genitalia fuscous. Halteres pale yellowish. Legs 

 mostly a light yellowish brown, the distal tarsal segments red- 

 dish brown. 



Female. Length 5 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, 

 rather thickly clothed with fine hairs, light yellowish brown, 14 

 segments. Mesonotum grayish brown, the submedian lines 

 rather thickly clothed with fine hairs. Scutellum light fuscous 

 yellowish, postscutellum a little lighter. Abdomen light yellowish 

 brown, thickly clothed with fine, grayish hairs, the .eighth segment 

 yellowish. 



Bred May 18, 1882, from large galls resembling the fruit of 

 the prickly pear occurring on Cactus at Fort Grant, Ariz. 



Type C. 857, N. Y. State Museum, ^ 2676 U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture. 



Asphondylia auripila n. sp. 



Male. Length 2.5 mm. Antennae extending to the fourth ab- 

 dominal segment, sparsely clothed with short, yellowish hairs, 



