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slightly oblique, ridged around the upper part of the sides, apex 

 rounded. They occur singly and in rows of two, three, four or more, 

 and are usually closely pressed together. Width 5-10 mm. Height 

 4-7 mm. 



Habitat Placer Co., California, November and December. 



Types United States National Museum. 



Described from nine examples. 



The gall of this species was figured by me in the Bulle- 

 tin of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. XXVI, 

 plate VIII, figs. 8 and 9. 



Philonix californica sp. nov. 



Female. Head pitchy brown black, minutely rugose with scattered, 

 short hairs. Antennae 13-jointed; first joint stout, cylindrical; second 

 joint shorter, stout and rounded at the tip; third joint very long and 

 slender; fourth, fifth and sixth joints slender and shorter than the 

 third; remaining joints gradually becoming shorter and thicker toward 

 the thirteenth, all pitchy brown and pubescent. Thorax pitchy brown 

 or dull rufous, evenly rugose, somewhat wrinkled and with a few 

 scattered hairs. Parapsidal grooves very fine and somewhat lost in the 

 rough surface anteriorly, convergent at the scutellum. Scutellum 

 evenly rugose like the thorax, and of the same color. Abdomen com- 

 pressed convex at the sides and rather sharply keeled on the dorsum 

 and venter, dark pitchy brown, smooth and shining. Legs pitchy brown, 

 somewhat paler than the abdomen and pubescent. Wings aborted, not 

 extending to the middle of the abdomen. Length i mm. 



Gall. On the upper surface of the leaves of a species of white oak. 

 Monothalamous. Rounded, flattened disc-like, becoming slightly ele- 

 vated toward the middle. The sides are flat and very thin, and the gall 

 rests closely on the leaf. The larva lives in the center of the elevated 

 part. The color is pinkish or purplish, with the apex sometimes yel- 

 lowish. Width, 3 to 4 mm. Height, i mm. 



Habitat Kern Co., California, January. 

 Type United States National Museum. 

 Described from fiv.e females. 



Andricus caepulaeformis sp. nov. 



Female. Head large, broader than the thorax, reddish brown, evenly 

 and finely granulose. Antennae 14-jointed; first joint very stout and 

 inflated; second joint short, subcylindrical; third joint very long and 

 slender; fourth joint also slender, shorter than the third, remaining 

 joints subequal, all blackish except the basal one which is rufous. 

 Thorax minutely granulose with a few hairs. Parapsidal grooves pres- 



