REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1918 203 
Opuntia from British West Indies. It is probably American and 
presumable that the infestation originated in this country. The 
deep red male may be recognized by the short, broad. triangularly 
emarginate ventral plate. 

Fig.37 Itonida opuntiae, Fig. 38 Itonida anthici, 
lobe of cactus showing charac- cluster of flowerlike galls 
teristic signs of infestation and one gall enlarged (au- 
(author’s illustration) thor’s illustration) 
Itonida anthici Felt 
1913 Felt, E. P. Econ. Ent. Jour., 6:278 
I918 ————— N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 200, p. 5, 19, 20 
This interesting species produces pinkish white flowerlike galls on 
cypress, Taxodium distichum, the galls (fig. 38) sometimes 
being so numerous as to dominate the dark-green cypress foliage and 
give the appearance of an ordinary flowering plant thickly set 
with small blossoms. The gall was collected repeatedly by Dr 
