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pruinose, the submedian lines sparsely clothed with gray setae 

 and with a lateral row of setae in front of the wing insertion. 

 Pleura and scutelliim concolorous with the mesonotum, the 

 latter thickly clothed with long, grayish setae. Abdomen dark 

 brown dorsally, sparsely clothed with gray setae, which are 

 apparently longer posteriorly ; ventrally the abdomen is yellow- 

 ish red, rather thickly clothed with short, shining gray hairs. 

 Halteres pale basally, fuscous subapically, slightly so apically. 

 Coxae and the basal two thirds of the posterior femora luteous, 

 the latter shading to a very dark brown apically. Tibiae and 

 tarsi black, the anterior legs similarly colored ; the mid legs have 

 the femora quite a little darker at the base. 



Female. Length a little less than 3 mm. Antennal and coloc 

 characters about as in the opposite sex. Ovipositor when ex- 

 tended nearly as long as the body. 



Bred June 20, 1907, from a small, oval, green bud gall on 

 Ilicoides mucronata taken at Old Forge, N. Y. 



Type C. ai548, N. Y. State Museum. 



Asphondylia macrofila n. sp. 



Male. Length 2 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, 

 sparsely clothed with short hairs, light brown, 14 segments; 

 face reddish yellow. Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian 

 lines sparsely clothed with yellowish hairs. Scutellum pale 

 yellowish with a few fuscous apical setae, postscutellum dark 

 brown. Abdomen reddish brown, rather thickly clothed with 

 fine hairs, genitalia fuscous yellowish. Halteres yellowish, red- 

 dish brown subapically. Legs reddish brown, the tarsi slightly 

 darker. 



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

 body, sparsely clothed with rather coarse hairs, dark brown, 14 

 segments. Color characters about as in the opposite sex. 



Bred May 4, 1887, from galls on Amsinckia lycop- 

 s o i. d e s taken at Los Angeles and Alameda, Cal. 



Type C. 855, N. Y. State Museum, ;^ 175 in red ink, U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture. 



Asphondylia salictaria n. sp. 



Female. Length 3.5 mm. Antennae about as long as the body, 

 rather thickly clothed with fine hairs, yellowish brown, 14 seg- 

 ments. Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian lines fuscous 

 yellowish, thickly clothed with long setae. Scutellum yellowish 



