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first segment short, stout, subquadrate, the second rather stout, 

 somewhat swollen near the basal third and with a length about 

 three times its diameter, the third about twice the length of the 

 second, slender and tapering gradually to an acute apex. Mesonotum 

 dark brown, sparsely and irregularly clothed with fine setae. Scutel- 

 lum dark reddish brown, postscutellum a little lighter. Abdomen 

 dark reddish brown, nearly naked. Ovipositor pale yellowish. 

 Wings hyaline, costa yellowish brown; halteres yellowish basally, 

 reddish brown apically. Legs a variable light reddish brown, the 

 distal tarsal segments slightly darker; claws long, somewhat slender, 

 strongly curved, the pulvilli as long as the claws. Ovipositor nearly 

 as long as the abdomen. Type Cecid. 872. 



Asphondylia hydrangeae Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. New Species of Cecidomyia II, p. 15 



1908 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124:377 



This midge was reared from bud galls on Hydrangea 

 arborescens May 12, 1884. There appear to have been two 

 lots referred to this number, since one bureau note records the 

 collection of the gall by Pergande April 28, 1884, the larvae changing 

 to pupae within the gall May 6th and adults appearing May 12 th 

 to 15th. Galls were received from Mr J. G. Barlow, Cadet, Mo., 

 and referred to this species, all the material being in the National 

 Museum. 



Gall. An elongate, deformed bud about 1 cm in length, 3 cm in 

 diameter, yellowish or brownish in color, the larvae living among the 

 developing leaves. 



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

 abdominal segment, thickly short yellowish haired, reddish brown; 

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

 the first segment short, subquadrate, the second nearly three times the 

 length of the preceding, stout, the third one-half longer than the 

 second, more slender; face and mouth-parts yellowish brown. Meso- 

 notum an olive brown, the anterior lateral angles yellowish, the sub- 

 median 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 short, yellowish or brown haired, the latter color more 

 apparent along the median line, the hairs on the side and venter 

 yellowish or silvery white. Wings hyaline, costa reddish brown; 

 halteres yellowish basally, reddish brown apically. Pleurae reddish 

 brown; coxae and femora basally yellowish brown; distal portion 

 of the femora, tibiae and tarsi a nearly uniform dark brown; claws 

 rather long, stout, strongly curved, the pulvilli a little longer. Geni- 

 talia; dorsal plate short, broad, deeply and triangularly incised, the 

 lobes well separated, tapering to a narrowly rounded margin. Type 

 Cecid. 852. 



