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Globular, hollow, weakly-spinose, small, green leaf galls, diameter 5 to 6 mm; 

 occur singly or in clusters. Fig. 148, 1-3. Beutm. '07a, p. 644 



Cynipid. Rhodites nebulosus Bass. 

 Gall resembling the preceding, on wild rose. Beutm. '14, p. 89 



Cynipid. Rhodites pustulatoides Beutm, 

 Small gall, possibly identical with R. nebulosus. Beutm. '07a, p. 644 



Cynipid. Rhodites politus Ashm. 

 Irregularly obconical leaf gall with short, obtuse processes around the edges, 

 diameter 3 to 4 mm, on Rosa bland a. Fig. 148, 4, 153. Felt 'i5e, 

 p. 48 



Cynipid. Regal rose gall, Rhodites gracilis Ashm. 

 Leaf gall resembling a miniature simlin squash with numerous long, slender, 

 bractlike processes, length 4 to 5 mm, diameter of top 4 mm, on wild rose. 

 Beutm. '13a, p. 93 



Cynipid. Tufted rose gall, Rhodites weldi Beutm. 

 Globose, monothalamous leaf galls with a subapical circle of slender, fleshy 

 appendages 2 to 3 mm long, diameter of gall 5 mm, near R. politus. 

 Wash. Trotter '11, p. 104 



Cynipid. Rhodites sp. 

 Subglobose, longitudinally ribbed leaf gall, the poles broadly truncate, green 

 or reddish, diameter 3.5 mm, near R. gracilis. Wash. Trotter '11, 

 p. 103 



Cynipid. Rhodites silvestrii Trott. 



Bud galls 

 Rose buds and developing leaves inhabited and sometimes blasted by yellowish 

 larvae. Felt '156, p. 130 



Itonid. Rose bud midge, Dasyneura rhodophaga Coq. 

 Reared from similar rose buds and undoubtedly preying on aphids. Coq. '00, 

 p. 46 



Itonid. Rose aphid midge, Aphidoletes rosivora Coq. 

 Curled or folded terminal leaves. PL 10, fig. i. Felt 'i5e, p. 166 



Itonid. ' Rose leaf midge, Dasyneura? rosarum Hardy 

 Apical, loose bud or rosette gall, length 2 to 2.5 cm. Fig. 154. Felt '156, 



p. 97 



Itonid. Rosette midge, Rhabdophaga rosacea Felt 



Globose or fusiform, irregularly enlarged terminal or lateral buds with a leafy 



crest around and more or less concealing the acuminate apex; internally a 



large, irregular cavity, length 5 to 15 mm, diameter 4 to 7 mm. Wash. 



Trotter '11, p. 104 



Cynipid. Rose bud wasp, Rhodites sp. 

 Reared from infertile seeds. Crosby '09, p. 377 



Hym. Rose seed wasp, Mcgastigmus aculeatus Swed. 



Amygdalns (peach) 

 A silver sheen on the leaf of peach. Chadwick '08, p. 127 



Acarid. Phyllocoptes cornutus Bnks. 



Pruniis (plum, cherrj"-) 



Irregular, subcortical, black twig swelling, length 1-3 cm, on plum 



Fungus. Black knot, Plowrightia morbosa 



