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pruinose, the submedian lines sparsely clothed with gray setae 
and with a lateral row of setae in front of the wing insertion. 
Pleura and scutellum concolorous with the mesonotum, the 
latter thickly clothed with long, grayish setae. Abdomen dark 
brown dorsally, sparsely clothed with gray setae, which are 
apparently longer posteriorly; ventrally the abdomen is yellow- 
ish red, rather thickly clothed with short, shining gray hairs. 
Halteres pale basally, fuscous subapically, slightly so apically. 
Coxae and the basal two thirds of the posterior femora luteous, 
the latter shading to a very dark brown apically. Tuibiae and 
tarsi black, the anterior legs similarly colored; the mid legs have 
the femora quite a little darker at the base. | 
Female. Length a little less than 3 mm. Antennal and color 
characters about as in the opposite sex. Ovipositor when ex- 
tended nearly as long as the body. 
Bred June 20, 1907, from a small, oval, green bud gall on 
Tlicoides mucronata taken at Old Forge, N. Y. 
ype ©. ar5as, NN. Yo State Musetim: 
Asphondylia macrvfila n. sp. 
Male. Length 2mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, 
sparsely clothed with short hairs, light brown, 14 segments; 
face reddish yellow. Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian 
lines sparsely clothed with yellowish hairs. Scutellum pale 
yellowish with a few fuscous apical setae, postscutellum dark 
brown. Abdomen reddish brown, rather thickly clothed with 
fine hairs, genitalia fuscous yellowish. Halteres yellowish, red- 
dish brown subapically. Legs reddish brown, the tarsi slightly 
darker. 
Female. Length 2 mm. Antennae a little shorter than the 
body, sparsely clothed with rather coarse hairs, dark brown, 14 
segments. Color characters about as in the opposite sex. 
Bred May 4, 1887, from galls on Amsinckia lycop- 
soides taken at Los Angeles and Alameda, Cal. 
iymen@o55a Nee State WMiuseum, 175 in tedunk. US: 
Department of Agriculture. 
Asphondylia salictaria n. sp. 
Female. Length 3.5mm. Antennae about as long as the body, 
rather thickly clothed with fine hairs, yellowish brown, 14 seg- 
ments. Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian lines fuscous 
yellowish, thickly clothed with long setae. Scutellum yellowish 
