1911] CynipidcB of California 345 



Gall. Large, globular galls on the leaves of Quants garryana and 

 of other species of oak, yellowish brown and covered with rather la 

 dark brown spots, about 30 mm. in diameter. The outer shell is 

 thin and the single larval chamber is held in place by radiating fiber 



Habitat. McConaughy (Siskiyou Co.), Cal. (R. W. 



Patterson). 



Cynips heldae n. sp. 



Female. Very similar to C. multipunctata, from which it can 

 scarcely be separated, except on the character of the gall. 



Gall (PI. XXIII, fig. 2). A small gall, with very irregular shape, 

 occurring on Querent lobata; more or less cubical, with many ridged and 

 pointed projections, about 8 mm. long and 5 mm. square. My spec- 

 imens, which are old and dry, are brownish, but in its natural state the 

 gall was probably reddish, and is composed of a crystalline substance 

 similar to the material forming the gall of Diplolepis echina. 



Habitat. Ukiah, Cal. (Miss Held). 



Cynips kelloggi n. sp. 



Female. Reddish brown, the eyes, ocelli, a spot on front of head, 

 tips of mandibles, oral margin, presternum, antennae distally from 7th 

 segment, metathoracic carina?, abdomen dorsally at apex and dorsal 

 valve, tibia of hind legs and tarsi black or blackish. Head rugoso- 

 punctate, antennas 15-segmented, 1st segment obconic, 2nd oval, 3rd 

 long, as long as 1 and 2 together, following segments to 10th progres- 

 sively shorter, 11th to 15th subequal. Thorax rugose, pubescent, 

 parapsidal and median grooves complete, median longitudinal lines 

 reaching half-way to posterior margin, smooth lines over base of wings 

 distinct, pleura smooth, shining, punctate in the middle, pubescent 

 above and below, scutellum coarsely rugoso-punctatc. pubescent, foveas 

 rather large, oval, oblique, shallow, with smooth bottom, not approx- 

 imate, metanotum rugose. Abdomen smooth and shining, 2nd segment 

 occupying about one-half its length, 3rd segment wide but 4th and 5th 

 narrow, all the segments laterally pubescent, sheaths of ovipositor 

 projecting and with dorsal valve pubescent. Legs slightly pubescent, 

 claws unidentate. Wings hyaline, pubescent, veins black or blackish, 

 radial cell open at the margin, its basal vein arcuate, almost angulate, 

 areolet distinct, cubital vein reaching basal. Length 2-3 mm. 



Gall. An elongated, swelling of the twig of Quercus douglasi, about 

 20 mm. long and 10 mm. in diameter, its outer covering the same as the 

 bark of the twig. Polythalamous. 



Habitat. Stevens Creek, beyond Cupertino, Cal. (R. W. 

 Patterson). 



