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Castanea sativa (European chestnut) 

 47 A small capsule gall on the leaf, more or less spherical, but 

 hemispherical when along side of a vein, diameter 2 to 3 mm; at 

 first green, becoming brown. 



Jarvis '08, p.93, second sp. Out. 



Said to be common, but apparently never before recorded in 

 America. 



Celtis occidentalis (hackberry) 

 ^48 A witch-broom gall on branches and twigs, produced by an 

 Eriophyes associated with the fungus Sphaerotheca. 



Cook '04, p.862, fig. 52 Ind. 



Kellerman and Swingle '88. Jour, of Mycology, IV 194 



Kan. 

 Reported (photograph) from Brooklyn (J. J. Levison) 



N.Y. 

 Cephalanthus occidentalis (buttonbush) 



49 Clusters of small protuberances (dimples?) on the upper side 

 of the leaf, i to 3 mm high, paler or reddish; beneath with a white 

 pubescence. The mite is E r i o p h y e s c e p h a 1 a n t h i Cook. 



Jarvis '08, p.92 (Eriophyes cephalanthi) Out. 



This seems quite different from the following. Professor Jarvis 



(i)i lift.) informs me that he has found this mite, originally 



described by Cook from Cuba, in nearly every state from Ontario 



to Louisiana. 



50 A pocket-gall like that on S a 1 i x nigra, see our no. 134. 

 .Usually very abundant on leaves. 



Walsh 1864. Ent. Soc. Phila. Proc. Ill :6o8 and 1867, 

 idem VI:286 . 111.? 



(Hagen '85, p.29) 



Citrus aurantium (orange) 



51 Brownish rust spots on the rind, and curled leaves lacking 

 gloss, due to Phyllocoptes oleivorus ( Ashmead) 



Ashmead 1879, Can. Ent. XI: 160 (T y p h 1 o d r o m u s 

 o i 1 i i o o r u s) Fla. 



Carman '83, p. 124 ( P h y t o p t u s oleivorus) 



(Hagen '85, p.22) 



Banks '04. Treatise on Acarina, p. 105 (Eriophyes 

 oleivorus) Fla., Cal. 



Parrott '07. N. Y. Agric. Exp. Sta. Bui. 283, no. 18 



Banks '07. Catalogue of Acarina, p.621, Phyllo- 

 coptes oleivorus 



