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brown with numerous coarse setae apically, postscutellum dull 

 yellowish white. Abdomen brown, rather thickly clothed with 

 fine setae, the segments variably margined posteriorly with 

 whitish setae, the basal segment margined anteriorly and posteriorly 

 with silvery white, venter thickly clothed with silvery hairs. 

 Halteres yellowish basally, fuscous apically. Coxae and base of 

 femora fuscous yellowish, distal portion of femora, tibiae and 

 tarsi dark brown. 



Bred May 15, 1899, from willow twigs taken at Pleasant- 

 ville, Ind. 



Type C 859, N. Y. State Museum, ^ 4423 U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture. 



Asphondylia smilacinae n. sp. 



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

 thickly clothed with fine hairs, light brown, 14 segments. 

 Mesonotum reddish brown, the sublateral areas darker with a 

 distinct irregular fuscous area at the anterior and posterior lateral 

 angles, the submedian lines indistinct, dull orange, sparsely 

 clothed with short setae. Scutellum pale yellowish, thickly 

 clothed with short setae, postscutellum orange yellowish. Abdo- 

 men a dull yellowish brown, the basal segment sparsely clothed 

 with long, yellowish setae. Halteres fuscous yellowish. Coxae 

 and base of femora yellowish brown, the distal portion of 

 femora, tibiae and tarsi a variable dark yellowish brown. 



Bred from September 26 to October 2, 1888, from deformed 

 berries of Vagnera racemosa taken presumably at Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



Type C. 860, N. Y. State Museum, ^ 4343 U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture. 



Rhopalomyia asteriflorae n. sp. 



Female. Length 2.5 mm. Antennae extending to the third 

 abdominal segment, sparsely haired, pale fuscous yellowish, 19 

 segments. Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian lines sparsely 

 haired. Scutellum dark brown with numerous coarse setae api- 

 cally, postscutellum fuscous orange. Abdomen reddish brown, 

 the incisures and pleurae dark orange, ventral sclerites dark 

 brown, ovipositor fuscous yellowish. Halteres pale yellowish 

 basally, fuscous apically. Coxae and base of femora fuscous yel- 

 lowish, the distal portion of femora, tibiae and tarsi fuscous. 



Bred September 25, 1907, from the somewhat dwarfed heads 

 of Aster paniculata taken at Albany, N. Y. 



Type C. ai757, N. Y. State Museum. 



