148 W. H. ASHMEAD. 



Galls on Wild Rose (Rosa Carolina). 



36. Rliodites Carolina n. sp.— J. Length .12 inch. Head, antennae, 

 excepting first two joints, and thorax, black ; legs and abdomen red. Wings 

 liyaline, marginal nervure very much thickened, veins, excepting submarginal 

 vein at base, black. 



iTaft.— Asheville, N. C. 



Differs principally from Rhodltes ignota O. S., in having no clouds 

 in marginal cell. 



37. Rhodltes diclilocerus Harris. 



Two specimens of this gall were taken from the common wild rose 

 in March, and numerous 9 and % flies were reared from them in 

 April. 



Galls on the Blackberry (Rubus villosus). 



38. Diastroplius nebulosus Osten Sacken. 



Diastrophus nebulosus O. S., Proc. Eiit. Soc. Phil, vii, p. 36. 



This gall is only occasionally found ; it seems to be gradually di.s- 

 appearing from this part of the State. 



39. Diastrophus radicum Bassett. 



Diastrophus radicum Bass. 



What I take to be this species has been twice found on the roots 

 of the blackberry, in newly ploughed ground, but I am uncertain as 

 to its identity, the flies not having been reared. 



Galls on Wild Base (Rosa lucida). 



40. Rhodites ignota Osten Sacken. 



Rhodites ignota 0. S., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, vii, p. 42. 



Along the banks of the St. John's River this gall is not uncommon 

 on the rose ; it takes a whole year to develop, and while hundreds of 

 its guest-fly Periclistis pirata O. S., have been reared from it no speci- 

 mens of the true originator of the gall have been obtained. 



For the two rose galls not named by Baron Osten Sacken I pro- 

 pose the names Rhodites Carolina and R. spinosa; specimens of the 

 former were obtained by me this fall from Rosa Carolina, at Ashe- 

 ville, N. C. 



Galls on Huckleberry (Vaccinium corymbosum & V. pennsylvanicum). 



I have obtained sevei'al specimens of this gall from Vaccinium 

 coryvibosum, but have bred but one fly. Mr. "Wm. Brodie, of Toronto, 

 Canada, sent me one specimen of a gall exactly like the ones ob- 



