Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus 



Vol. I AUGUST. 1913 No. 8 



A NEW SPECIES OF RHODITES FROM 

 CALIFORNIA 



{H^menoptera, C^nipida-) 

 By WILLIAM BEUTENMULLER 



Rhodites weldi, new species. 



Meile. Head black, front rugoso-punctate, somewhat shining and hir- 

 sute. Antennae black, 1 4-jointed. Thorax black, shining, punctate, but 

 not strongly so, with the grooves strongly marked, quite deep and broad, 

 anterior pair of parallel lines fine and extending to about the middle, 

 parapsidal grooves very deep, broad, and widely separated anteriorly, 

 converging toward the scutellum, median groove fine and narrow anter- 

 iorly and extending to the scutellum, where it is broader, lateral grooves 

 long, deep, and broad, extending well forward, but not quite reaching 

 the anterior part of the thorax. Mesopleurae punctate, shining with a 

 smooth polished area. Scutellum black, subopaque, distinctly rugose, 

 rounded at the apex, and without fovea at the base. Abdomen small, 

 smooth, black, and shining. Legs rufous, blackish brown basally. Wings 

 hyaline, veins blackish brown and very heavy ; radial area closed ; second 

 cross-vein angulate outwardly, cubitus not reaching to the first cross-vein ; 

 areolet large ; cell open above ; einal vein broken and curved downward 

 to nearly the inner margin. Length, about 2.50 mm. 



Gall. In clusters on the leaves of wald rose {Rosa sp.). Monothala- 

 mous and green when fresh. Rounded at base, thence gradually becom- 

 ing broader and in general form somewhat resembles a miniature simlin 

 squash. The top is covered with rather long, well-developed, pointed 

 projections, each of which has a long, hairy, tentacle-like appendage at 

 the tip, which readily becomes detached in handling, especially when the 



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