ART. 1». GALLFLIES OF THE FAMILY CYNIPIDAE WELD. 11 



14. Malar space 0.46 eye. Interocular area 1.54 times as broad as high. Q. 



brevi folia blastophaga (Ashmead). 



Malar space 0.37 eye. luterocular area 1.38 times us broad as high 15 



15. Wing ratio about 3.8. Ovipositor ratio 2.4. Q. ilicifolia clarkei Bassett. 



Wiug ratio about 3.3. OviiKisitdr ratio 1.9. Q. iin/riifolia. 



myi-tif oliae ( Beutenmueller I . 



16. Areolet wanting. Ovipositor very long, ratio 11. From midrib swellings. 



New England 17 



Areolet present. Ovipositor ratio less than 10 18 



17. All veins transparent. Q. inarilavdica nigrae (Osten Sacken). 



Subcosta and cross-veins brownish. Q. rubra tumifica (Osten Sacken). 



18. First and second cross-veins heavy, brown, clouded. Disk of scutellum not 



margined behind 19 



First and second cross-veins not conspicuously heavy, brown, or clouded. 



From acorn gall. Arizona. Q. hiipolcuca petrina, new species, p. 13. 



.9. Areolet reaching one-sixth to one-tifth way to basal. Ovipositor ratio 9.3 



Midrib swelling. Q. wisliseni. California flora Weld. 



Areolet reaching one-fourth way to basal. Ovipositor ratio less than 4. 



Stone gall in acorn. California milleri, new sjiecies, p. 11. 



20. Mesoscutum rugose between parapsides but not ti-ausversely ho, sometimes 



becoming coriaceous in front. From stone galls in acorns 21 



Mesoscutum more or less transversely rugose between parapsides 23 



21. Anteunal ratio less than 1.6. Carinae on propodeum not converging above. 



Mesoscutum rugose all over, more coaisely so posteriorly. Thorax and 



abdomen nearly black fructuosa Weld, p. 14. 



Antennal ratio over 1.7. Carinae on propodeum converging above with 

 traces of one to three longitudinal ridges between. Head and thorax 

 reddish 22 



22. Ovipositor ratio 3.25. Antennae 1.3 — segmented in only specimens known. 



Q. brcvifolia. Texas petrosa, new species, p. 15. 



Ovipositor ratio unknown — perhaps 4.8. Antennae 14 — segmented but per- 

 haps 13 also. Host unknown. Connecticut corrugis (Bassett), p. 1*3. 



23. Scutellum disk broader than long, margined behind, with coriaceous spot in 



front just behind pits. The transverse sculpture of mesoscutum becoming 

 coriaceous anteriorly. Light brown species. Q. niarUandica. 



fructicola Ashmead, p. 17. 



Scutellum disk as long as broad, not margined, all rugose. Transverse 



ridges on mesoscutum .sharp and parallel clear to front margin. Dark 



brown specie.s. Q. bicolor laplllula, new species, p. 18. 



CALLIKHYTIS MILLERI, new species. 



Plate 2, fig. 4, and plate 3, fig. 9. 



Female. — Reddish-brown, the tips of mandibles, distal half of 

 untennae, scutellum. metathora.x. propodeum and abdomen nearly 

 black. Head slightly broader than thorax, coriaceous becomina: 

 slightly rugose on the face; seen from above axial line about half 

 width of head and cheeks gibbous: facial line .75 transfacial. clypens 

 emarginate, interocular space .56 transfacial and area 1.45 times as 

 broad as high, malar spare .53 eye Avith' 3-1 parallel ridg-es to mouth. 



