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of the leaves of the white oak (Quercus alba). The specimens 

 described as A. papillatus were reared from galls on the leaves 

 of the chestnut oak (Quercus prinus). 

 The type locality is Waterbury. 



*A. (C.) ceropteroides Bassett. 



Female : length 2 mm. ; head shining blackish brown, with 

 minute hairs, vertex finely wrinkled ; antennae 13- jointed, first 

 and second joints nearly equal in size, the third one-fourth 

 shorter than the first and second combined, the fourth nearly as 

 long as the third, the following nearly equal to one another in 

 length, all dull brownish red, darkest toward the apex ; thorax 

 black, shining, evenly transversely wrinkled, pleurae and pronotum 

 punctate, parapsidal grooves converging from the pronotum to 

 the scutel, between the parapsidal grooves two parallel lines 

 extending half-way between the pronotum and the scutel, in 

 addition on the dorsulum a line over the base of each wing, these 

 lines all rather indistinct, scutel smoother than the mesonotum, 

 f oveae present ; legs dark brown ; wings hyaline, veins seemingly 

 wanting; abdomen brown, smooth and shining. 



The galls of this species appear at the base of the annual 

 growths of the shoots of Quercus tinctoria. 



The type locality for this gall-fly is Crescent Beach, Bran- 

 ford. 



A. (C.) clavula Osten Sacken. White Oak Club Gall. 



According to Bassett this species produces the gall described 

 by Fitch as Cynips quercus-arbos (see Ceroptres tuber). 



The galls of this species occur on white oak {Quercus alba). 



Solenozopheria Ashmead. 



S. vaccinii Ashmead. Huckleberry Gall. 



Female : length 2 mm. ; pale yellowish brown ; minutely 

 wrinkled but shining; antennae 12-jointed, gradually and slightly 

 thickened toward tips, the terminal two-thirds infuscated ; dor- 

 sulum with parapsidal grooves that are more distinct posteriorly 

 than anteriorly, scutel convex, with a curved depression at base, 

 finely rugoso-punctate ; tibiae and posterior femora infuscated 

 with a darker shade of brown on their upper edges; wings hya- 

 line, radial area open, cubitus obsolete, veins pale brown, the 

 first transverse vein margined with a faint yellowish stain, a 



