REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST I915 137 



Asphondylia thalictri Felt 

 191 1 Felt, E. P. Econ. Ent. Jour., 4:547 



The midges were reared in some numbers August 8 to 18, 1911 

 from distorted seed capsules of Thalictrum collected by Miss Cora 

 H. Clark at Magnolia, Mass. The work of this insect has also been 

 noted at Nassau, N. Y. Specimens of presumably the same gall 

 with exuviae were taken at Shelburne, N. H., and are in the Museum 

 of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass. Trotteria 

 solidaginis Felt was reared in some numbers from the same 

 jar. The larvae of this latter species were probably preying upon 

 the Asphondylia. 



Gall. Seed capsule irregular, swollen. Length about 5 mm. 

 The infestation is most frequently noted on account of the project- 

 ing exuviae. 



Exuvium. Length about 3 mm, pale yellowish, cephalic horns 

 long, stout, chitinous, the margins fuscous. Leg cases a variable 

 fuscous, abdominal segments with a series of rather widely sepa- 

 rated, chitinous teeth. 



A reference to the description of the adult is given above. 



Asphondylia autumnalis Beutm. 



1907 Beutenmueller, William. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. Bui. 23:386 



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



This medium-sized Asphondylia was reared from a bud gall on 

 Helenium autumnale by Prof. William Beutenmueller who 

 took the species in the valley of the Black mountains, North 

 Carolina, September 6, 1906. Mr J. G. Barlow found the galls of 

 this insect at Cadet, Mo., August 18, 1891. 



Gall. " Globular or irregularly rounded with a number of aborted 

 leaves at the apex and elations of the stems of the plant at the sides. 

 It is green outside and white inside. Interior rather soft, pithy and 

 somewhat succulent. . . . The gall measures from 20 to 30 mm 

 in length and from 15 to 30 mm in width. It occurs on 

 Helenium autumnale (Beutm.) " 



The following description has been drafted from a type specimen 

 kindly placed at our disposal by Professor Beutenmueller. 



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

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

 about five times its diameter. Palpi; the first segment short, stout, 

 subquadrate, the second stout, rectangular, with a length about 

 three times its diameter, the third flattened, tapering distally and 

 with a length about one-half greater than the second ; face light brown. 



