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Asphondylia diervillae n. sp. 



Female. Length 3.5 mm. Antennae extending to the fourth 

 abdominal segment, sparsely haired, grayish brown, 14 segments; 

 face fuscous, eyes large, black, margined posteriorly with long, 

 fuscous setae. Mesonotum dull slate color, irregularly margined 

 laterally with long, grayish setae, the submedian lines thickly 

 clothed with similar setae. Scutellum slaty gray with long setae 

 apically, post scutellum fuscous yellowish. Abdomen a nearly 

 uniform dark brown, the segments sparsely margined posteriorly 

 with long, gray setae, pleurae and abdomen rather thickly clothed 

 with yellowish white setae. Halteres yellowish basally, fuscous 

 apically, coxae a dull gray, the base of femora dull yellowish, the 

 other portions of the legs dark brown, the tarsi darker, almost 

 black. 



Bred May 23, 1907 from a green bud gall on bush-honeysuckle 

 taken at Albany, N. Y. 



Typ3 Cecid. ai469, N. Y. State Museum. 



