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Asphondylia bumeliae n. sp. 
Male. Length 2 mm. Antennae a little shorter than the 
body, sparsely clothed with short hairs, light brown, 14 seg- 
ments; face yellowish brown. Mesonotum light brown, indis- 
tinctly margined laterally and anteriorly with light yellowish, 
the submedian lines pale yellowish, sparsely clothed with fine 
hairs. Scutellum light yellow, postscutellum light brown. Ab- 
domen light brown, rather thickly clothed with fine, yellowish 
hairs. Halteres yellowish basally, fuscous apically. Legs a 
variable brown, the extremities of tibiae and tarsi slightly 
darker. : 
Female. Length 2.5 mm. Color characters about as in the © 
opposite sex. 
Bred June 6, 1896, from galls on Bumelia lanuginosa 
taken at Nuecestown, Tex. 
Type C. 849, N. Y. State Museum, x 745 U. S. Department 
of Agriculture. 
Asphondylia hydrangeae n. sp. 
Male. Length 4mm. Antennae extending about to the fifth 
abdominal segment, thickly clothed with short, yellowish hairs, 
reddish brown, 14 segments; face and mouth parts yellowish 
brown. Mesonotum olive-brown, the anterior lateral angles 
vellowish, the submedian 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 and rather uniformly 
clothed with rather short, yellowish or brown setae, the latter 
color more apparent along the median line, the hairs on the 
sides and venter yellowish or silvery white. Halteres yellowish 
basally, reddish brown apically; pleurae reddish brown, coxae 
and the femora basally yellowish brown, the distal portions of 
the femora, tibiae and tarsi a nearly uniform dark brown. 
Bred May 6, 1884, from gallon Hydrangea arbores- 
cens taken in Virginia. . 
Type €. 852, N- Yo State Museum, “e325 Urs: Departnieme 
of Agriculture. 
Asphondylia ilicoides n. sp. 
Male. Length 3 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, 
sparsely clothed with short hairs, dark brown, basal segment 
pale at the base, 14 segments. Mesonotum brown, dusted with 
