24 misceujAneous papers. 



small. Femora and middle and posterior tibiae concolorous with 

 body ; fore tibiae and all tarsi light brownish yellow. 



Abdomen long and slender, tapering gradually from the first segment. 

 First eight segments with knobbed spines; one pair of knobbed spines 

 on the ninth abdominal segment; segments 6, 7, and 8 with several 

 pointed spines in addition to the knobbed spines ; segment 9 with several 

 long, pointed, curved spines on the posterior margin. Tube one-half 

 as long as the head, with several small spines on the dorsal surface; 

 6 long spines, longer than the tube, on the dorsal and latero-dorsal 

 margin; 1 short spine between the two long medio-dorsal spines; no 

 scale at the base of the tube. 



One male taken from gall on laurel leaves. Alum Rock Creek Canyon, 

 San Jose, Cal., July 10, 1910 (P. R. Jones). 



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