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Asphondylia bumeliae n. sp. 



Male. Length 2 mm. Antennae a little shorter than the 

 body, sparsely clothed with short hairs, light brown, 14 seg- 

 ments; face yellowish brown. Mesonotum light brown, indis- 

 tinctly margined laterally and anteriorly with light yellowish, 

 the submedian lines pale yellowish, sparsely clothed with fine 

 hairs. Scutellum light yellow, postscutellum light brown. Ab- 

 domen light brown, rather thickly clothed with fine, yellowish 

 hairs. Halteres yellowish basally, fuscous apically. Legs a 

 variable brown, the extremities of tibiae and tarsi slightly 

 darker. 



Female. Length 2.5 mm. Color characters about as in the 

 opposite sex. 



Bred June 6, 1896, from galls on Bumelia lanuginosa 

 taken at Nuecestown, Tex. 



Type C. 849, N. Y. State Museum, ^ 745 U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture. 



Asphondylia hydrangeae n. sp. 



Male. Length 4 mm. Antennae extending about to the fifth 

 abdominal segment, thickly clothed with short, yellowish hairs, 

 reddish brown, 14 segments ; face and mouth parts yellowish 

 brown. Mesonotum olive-brown, the anterior lateral angles 

 yellowish, the submedian lines rather distinct and rather thickly 

 clothed with yellowish hairs. Scutellum yellowish brown with 

 numerous long, yellowish apical setae, postscutellum yellowish 

 brown. Abdomen dark brown, thickly and rather uniformly 

 clothed with rather short, yellowish or brown setae, the latter 

 color more apparent along the median line, the hairs on the 

 sides and venter yellowish or silvery white. Halteres yellowish 

 basally, reddish brown apically; pleurae reddish brown, coxae 

 and the femora basally yellowish brown, the distal portions of 

 the femora, tibiae and tarsi a nearly uniform dark brown. 



Bred May 6, 1884, from gall on Hydrangea arbores- 

 c e n s taken in Virginia. 



Type C. 852, N. Y. State Museum, ^ 3353 U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture. 



Asphondylia ilicoides n. sp. 



Male. Length 3 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, 

 sparsely clothed with short hairs, dark brown, basal segment 

 pale at the base, 14 segments. Mesonotum brown, dusted with 



