246 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [December, 



Hypoprepia miniata Kirby. 



1837. — Kirby, Faun. Bor.-Am., pt. iv, p. 305. 



1879. — Bethune, Can. Ent. xi, 154. 



1889. — Hy. Edwards, Bull. 35, U. S. N. M., 55 (references ?is/ucosa). 



Egg. — Subspherical, much flattened on the basal side, coarsely 

 and evidently reticulated even under the lens. Under a half inch 

 objective it appears covered with broad, rounded reticulations, 

 which leave between them large, shallow, roundedly hexagonal 

 depressions. Color dark, shining, lead color, with a slight me- 

 tallic green cast. Diameter 0.6 mm. Laid loose and separate. 



First larval stage. — Head cordate, black, shining; width about 

 .3 mm. Body deeply incised between the segments, cylindrical, 

 feet normal; warts inconspicuous, hairs distinct, blackish. The 

 body is orange color, with a dark band from near the* head to 

 back of the middle, showing by transparency, but later becoming 

 an evident, geminate, brownish dorsal band. The warts are low 

 and conical, concolorous, normal in arrangement, each bearing 

 a single hair. The hairs are minutely spinulated. 



COLORADO CYNIPID/E. 



C. P. Gillette, Fort Collins, Col. 



All of the Cynipidous galls or gall-flies mentioned in this paper 

 have been taken by the writer in the State of Colorado since the 

 first of January, 1891. Quite a number of galls, apparently new, 

 have been taken from scrub oaks {Qiiercus undulata), from which 

 no flies have yet appeared. Of these I shall make no special 

 mention until the flies can be obtained, as there is little use in 

 describing the galls alone, and I do not think it right to name 

 galls as if they were insects. 



RHODITES. 



Bicolor. — Galls moderately common in the foot-hills near Fort 

 Collins and also taken at Manitou. 



Fiisiformans Ashm. — This is a very abundant gall on rose 

 bushes in the foot-hills of the State from north to south. 



Ignota O. S. — Galls taken in foot-hills near F"ort Collins. 

 Rather scarce. 



Polita Ashm. — Galls found very common on rose bushes at 

 Manitou, Col., on Sept. 10, 1892. 



