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ANDRICUS FEMORATUS Ashmead 



Described from a female reared in Max from gall on Q. lauri- 

 folia from '* Florida,'' the tj^pe is labeled Jacksonville. The writer 

 collected galls on Q. laurifolia and jjheUos at Jacksonville, Daytona, 

 Gainesville, River Junction, and Tallahassee and secured a couple 

 of adults which emerged some time after April 7. 



ANDRICUS FIMBRIALIS, new species 



Female. — Black, base of antenna, ventral spine and legs beyond 

 coxae brown. Head granulate; from above transverse, broad as 

 thorax, cheeks not broadened behind eyes, occiput slightly concave; 

 from in front malar space .4 eye without groove, with radiating 

 ridges from corners of clypeus, antenna 13-segmented, lengths as 

 (scape) 11 : 7 : 13 : 13 : 12 : 11 : 10 : 10 : 9 : 9 : 8 : 8 : 17, last with trace of 

 subdivision on one side. Sides of pronotum rugose. Mesoscutum 

 coriaceous, dull except for shining smooth anterior and lateral lines, 

 parapsidal grooves smooth, percurrent, median groove reaching for- 

 ward half-way. Scutellum disk uniformly rugose Avith two smooth 

 pits at base. Carinae on propodeum arcuate, neck rugose. Meso- 

 pleura striate. Tarsal claws with a tooth. Wing hyaline, pubescent, 

 ciliate, veins brown, first abscissa of radius arcuate, areolet reach- 

 ing one-sixth way to basal, cubitus barely reaching basal. Abdo- 

 men as long as head and thorax, length to height to width as 

 68 : 50 : 40, lengths of tergites along dorsal curvature as 37 : 10 : 1, 

 second but slightly- pubescent on sides at base, ventral valves promi- 

 nent, oblique, ventral spine normal, slender, in side vieAv 3 times as 

 long as broad. Using width of head as a base the length of meso- 

 notum ratio is 1.2. antenna 2.4, ovipositor 2.8, wing 4.0. Length, 

 1.55-2.0 mm. Average of 25 specimens, 1.86 mm. 



Male. — Similar to female, but antenna 15-segmented and not 

 lighter at base, first five segments as 11:7:15:15:13, third slightly 

 bent, tapering from fourth to apex. Abdomen shorter than thorax, 

 length to height to width as 40:30:21. Length, 1.1-1.65 mm, 

 Avei-age of 14 specimens, 1.46 mm. 



Types.— C'Ai. No. 27211, U.S.N.M. Type female, allotype, 4 male 

 and 10 female paratypes. Paratypes at Stanford, California 

 Academy. American Museum, and Field IVIusoum. 



Host. — Quei'cus dumosa^ douglasii, lohata. 



Gall (fig. 16). — Globular, green, 2 mm. in diameter, produced at 

 side of midi'ib of young leaves in early spring, stunting the develop- 

 ment of the leaf, Avhose blade is much reduced, its margin promi- 

 nently fimbriate. 



Ilahitat. — The tj^pe is selected from galls collected on Q. dumosa 

 May 3, 1922, along Pierce Mill Road, near Palo Alto, Calif., the 



