romona (college Journal of rLntomology 



Volume IV NOVEMBER 1912 Number 3 



THE GALL MIDGE FAUNA OF WESTERN 

 NORTH AMERICA 



E. 1'. FELT, ALBANY, N. Y. 



The following list summarizes (lur knowledge of the gall midges in the 

 western half of North America and should be of service in directing the efforts 

 of future investigators. There are in tlie Lestremiinae, no representatives of 

 the genus Catocha, Neptunimyia and Neoeatocha, while the five American 

 genera referable to the Ileteropeziniv are remarkable for their absence from 

 the list. Investigation in the eastern United States shows that Miastor, with 

 its peculiar pedogenetic larva, is widely distributed, and it and its allies should 

 be found in the moister wooded areas of the west. There are eight American 

 genera of Epidosaris known, only three represented by four species having 

 been recorded from the west. The oak flora must support a characteristic 

 Cincticornia fauna, yet none have been recorded, while the allied Schizomyia 

 is represented by only one species. The prolific and varied ItonidinariiB are 

 represented by relatively few species. The list is longer than we anticipated, 

 yet it must be considered as only an introduction to what systematic collecting 

 will disclose. 



LESTREMIINAE 



Lestremia barberi Pelt, New Mexico. 



L. kansensis Felt, Kansas. 



L. dyari Felt, Kaslo, B. C. 



L. vernalis Felt, Kansas. 



Microcerata cockerelli Felt, New Mexico. 



M. spiiwsa Felt, Texas. 



M. tcxana Felt, Texas. 



Joanissia neomexicana Felt, New Jlexico. 



Mycophila fungicola Felt, reared from mushrooms, California. 



Campylomijza texana Felt, Texas and Colorado. 



Prioiidlus silvana Felt, Kokanee ]\Iountain, B. C. 



P. monilis Felt, Texas. 



P. simulator Felt, Kaslo, B. C. 



P. bonlderensin Felt, Colorado, Oregon. 



P. montana Felt, Colorado. 



Monardia fuckeri Felt, Texas. 



Cordylotnyia brevicornis Felt, Kaslo, B. C. 



