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length of the second, more slender. Mesonotum grayish brown, the 

 submedian lines thickly haired. Scutellum light fuscous /yellowish, 

 postscutellum lighter. Abdomen thickly clothed withjfine, grayish 



Fig. 28 



Asphondylia arizonensis. Side view of abdomen showing 

 ovipositor in retracted position, enlarged (original) 



hairs, light yellowish brown, the eighth segment yellowish, the lobes 

 dark brown. Ovipositor one-half longer than the body, otherwise 

 nearly as in the male. Type Cecid. 857. 



Asphondylia prosopidis Ckll. 

 1898 Cockerell, T. D. A. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th ser., 2:329-30 



Galls of this insect were met with by Professor Cockerell at Mesilla 

 Park, N. M., and consist of the aborted fruits of Prosopis 

 juliflora var. glandulosa. " They hang on the stalk 

 something like grapes and are subglobose with a pointed apical pro- 

 jection which represents the end of the pod. The globose portion 

 is about 8 mm long and 7 broad, the pointed portion about as long 

 or shorter. Color green, becoming yellowish and tinged with red." 

 The pupal shell is a reddish brown, and adults emerged August 13, 

 1898. 



Professor Cockerell states that this species differs from A. 

 neomexicana in the dark, instead of pallid, second nervure 

 and the impressed lines of the thorax being feebly or not pubescent. 

 The life history is quite different. 



Asphondylia mentzeliae Ckll. 

 1900 Cockerell, T. D. A. Ent., 33:302 



The larvae of this species occurred in the ovaries of Mentze- 

 lia multiflora at Raton, N. M., August 27, 1900, causing 

 the flowers to wither. The pupal shells are red-brown and protrude 

 over the sides of the flower. 



