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short, stout, strongly curved, the pul villi as long as the claws. 

 Genitalia; dorsal plate short, stout, deeply and triangularly incised, 

 the lobes widely separated and narrowly rounded apically. 



Female. Length 4.5 mm. Antennae three-fourths the length 

 of the body, the third segment with a length five times its diameter. 

 Palpi; the first segment rather long, the second one-half longer, 

 slender. Scutellum dark reddish brown. Abdomen dark brown. 

 Legs fuscous yellowish, the first tarsal segment and the base of the 

 second dark yellowish or reddish white. Ovipositor long, otherwise 

 nearly as in the male. 



Asphondylia smilacinae Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. New Species of Cecidomyiidae II, p. 17 



1908 ■ N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124:298, 376 



This species inhabits deformed berries of Smilacina racemosa 

 and was taken, presumably at Washington, by Professor Barrows 

 September 24, 1888, adults appearing September 26th to October 

 2d of the same year. 



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

 thickly haired, light brown; 14 segments, the third with a length five 

 times its diameter. Palpi; the first segment short, stout, subquad- 

 rate, the second stout with a length about two and one-half times its 

 diameter, the third more slender, and nearly twice the length of the 

 second. Mesonotum reddish brown, the sublateral areas darker 

 and with a distinct irregular fuscous area at the anterior and pos- 

 terior lateral angles, the submedian lines indistinct, dull orange, 

 sparsely clothed with short setae. Scutellum pale yellowish, thickly 

 clothed with short setae, postscutellum orange yellowish. Abdomen 

 dull yellowish brown, basal segments sparsely clothed with long 

 yellowish setae. Wings hyaline, costa light brown; halteres fuscous 

 yellowish. Coxae and base of femora yellowish brown, the distal 

 portion of femora, tibiae and tarsi a variable dark yellowish brown; 

 claws long, stout, strongly curved, the pulvilli as long as the claws. 

 Genitalia; dorsal plate short, broad, the lobes divided, roundly 

 angulate. 



Female. Length 3 mm. Antennae light brown; 14 segments, the 

 third with a length five times its diameter. Palpi; the first segment 

 short, stout, subglobose, the second stout, with a length nearly 

 three times its diameter, the third long, slender, with a length fully 

 twice that of the second; the pulvilli longer than the claws. Ovi- 

 positor hardly as long as the abdomen. Otherwise nearly as in the 

 male. Type Cecid. 860. 



Asphondylia globulus O. S. 



1869 Osten Sacken, R. Amer. Ent. Soc. Trans., 2:301 



1 87 1 Amer. Ent. Soc. Trans., 3:52 



1888 Marten, John. Psyche, 5:102-3 



1907 Beutenmueller, William. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. Bui. 23:387 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124:377 



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