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truncate and bears a pair of heavy, asymmetrical teeth; dorsal 

 plate stout, broadly and triangularly emarginate, the lobes narrowly 

 rounded. 



Female. Length 2.5 mm. Antennae yellowish brown; 14 seg- 

 ments, the third with a length six times its diameter. Palpi; the 

 first segment short, subglobose, the second broad, quadrate, the 

 third nearly thrice the length of the second, slender, tapering. 

 Mesonotum dark brown, narrowly margined anteriorly and laterally 

 with yellowish. Scutellum pale yellowish, postscutellum lighter. 

 Abdomen sparsely yellow haired, light brown, the terminal segment 

 pale orange. Legs yellowish. Ovipositor as long as the body, other- 

 wise nearly as in the male. Type Cecid. 849. 



Asphondylia florida Felt 

 1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124:376 



An unknown shrub bearing the bud galls of this species, collected 

 by Mr E. A. Schwarz, was received from Cocoanut Grove, Fla., 

 at the bureau of entomology, Washington, D. C, May 23, 1887, 

 adults appearing the 25th. 



Gall. The bud gall from which this specimen was reared is irregular, 

 subglobular, about 6 mm in diameter and an empty pupal case pro- 

 trudes therefrom. 



Exuviae. About 3.5 mm long, rather stout, light brown, the 

 anterior horns short, stout, conical; the dorsum of the third or 

 fourth segment with a regular, row of stout, chitinous spines on the 

 distal third, the basal half with scattering smaller spines in two 

 irregular rows. 



Male. Length 2.5 mm. Antennae about as long as the body, 

 sparsely clothed with fine hairs, reddish brown; 14 segments, the 

 third with a length five times its diameter ; the terminal segment sub- 

 acute. Palpi; the first segment short, stout, subquadrate, the second 

 stout, with a length two and one-half times its diameter, the third 

 nearly twice the length of the second, somewhat swollen in the 

 middle, slender at both extremities; face yellowish brown. Meso- 

 notum dark brown, the submedian lines indistinct. Scutellum red- 

 dish brown, postscutellum yellowish brown. Abdomen light brown, 

 the basal segments tinged with yellowish and sparsely haired. Wings 

 hyaline, costa light brown ; halteres yellowish basally , reddish brown 

 apically. Legs a variable yellowish brown, the three distal tarsal 

 segments darker; claws short, stout, strongly curved, the pulvilli 

 as long as the claws. Genitalia; dorsal plate short, stout, slightly 

 emarginate, the lobes widely separated, angulate. Type Cecid. 

 873. 



