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ones larger, the basal half scatteringly and rather uniformly clothed 

 with heavy, chitinous teeth. 



Male. Length 4 mm. Antennae presumably as long as the body, 

 sparsely haired, light brown; 14 segments. Palpi; the first segment 

 short, stout, sub quadrate, the second stout, with a length about 

 three times its diameter, the third long, slender, tapering distally 

 and with a length about twice the second; face reddish yellow. 

 Mesonotum smooth, reddish brown. Scutellum fuscous yellowish, 

 postscutellum a little lighter. Abdomen rather thickly clothed with 

 long, yellowish hairs, reddish brown. Wings hyaline, costa yellowish 

 brown. Halteres yellowish basally, fuscous apically. Legs fuscous 

 yellowish, the distal tarsal segments darker; claws rather long, stout, 

 strongly curved, the pul villi as long as the claws. Genitalia; dorsal 

 plate short, stout, deeply and triangularly emarginate, the lobes 

 broadly rounded. Type Cecid. 809. 



Asphondylia opuntiae Felt 



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



1912 Hunter, W. D., Pratt, F. C, Mitchell, J. D. U. S. D. A. Bui. 113:34 



This is a large, dark brown form occurring on Opuntia, and judging 

 from the records, a relatively abundant species. The galls from 



Fig. 26 Asphondylia opuntiae. Breastbone of larva, enlarged 



(original) 



which this insect was reared were collected at Sinton, Texas, March 

 26, 1906 by J. D. Mitchell. Apparently the same form was taken 



