XIV, 5 Uichanco: Philippine Plant Galls 549 
Raphidophora perkinsie Engl. Aracez. 
Leaf galls. Thrips collected but not identified. 
One or both margins of leaf inferiorly involuted; the rolls ex- 
tending from base nearly to apex; rolls nearly meeting each 
other along midrib. Irregular, yellowish, convoluted markings 
visible from both surfaces. 
Diameter of rolls, 4.5 millimeters. 
Luzon, Mount Maquiling, at altitudes of 70 to 150 meters. 
October, 1917, and March, 1918. Type gall No. 18167, College 
of Agriculture collection. 
Not very common. 
Schefflera odorata (Blanco) Merr. et Rolfe. Araliacez. 
Leaf galls ** caused by Gynaikothrips chavice var. heptapleuri 
Karny. 
Irregularly subcylindrical to subfusiform; elongate; noticeably 
curved at certain points, especially so subapicad; slightly paler 
green than leaf; somewhat rugose; nonpubescent. Wall not 
much thicker than leaf; succulent. Interior irregularly blotched 
with brownish markings. Opening subcircular; uncovered. 
Average length of gall, 18 millimeters; diameter at largest 
point, 3.5; diameter of opening, 1.5. 
On the upper surface of the leaf; numerous. 
Luzon, Laguna, College of Agriculture, Los Bafios, at an alti- 
tude of about 45 meters. May, 1917. Gall No. 18136, College 
of Agriculture collection. 
Not very common. 
GALLS CAUSED BY GELECHIDA 
Glochidion album (Blanco) Boerl. Euphorbiacee. 
Leaf galls. Adult collected but not identified. 
Monothalamous; subreniform; purplish red to reddish brown; 
basally concolorous with leaf; covered all over with short, stout 
pubescence. Wall thick; succulent; thicker distad than proxi- 
mad. Chamber subfusiform; bottom broadly convex; one end 
produced into a long neck; neck guarded externally by a thin 
epidermis, concolorous and confluent with the rest of the outer 
* Previously reported by Leeuwen-Reijnvaan from Java; see Bull. Jard. 
Bot. Buitenzorg II 3 (1912) 29. 
Also, from Sumatra and Simaloer, and Celebes; see Bull. Jard. Bot. 
Buitenzorg II 21 (1916) 10 and 82. 
