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slightly oblique, ridged around the upper part of the sides, apex 
rounded. They occur singly and in rows of two, three, four or more, 
and are usually closely pressed together. Width 5-10 mm. Height 
4-7 mm. 
Habitat—Placer Co., California, November and December. 
Types—United States National Museum. 
Described from nine examples. 
The gall of this species was figured by me in the Bulle- 
tin of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. XXVI, 
plate VIII, figs. 8 and 9. 
Philonix californica sp. nov. 
Female—Head pitchy brown black, minutely rugose with scattered, 
short hairs. Antennae 1I3-jointed; first joint stout, cylindrical; second 
joint shorter, stout and rounded at the tip; third joint very long and 
slender; fourth, fifth and sixth joints slender and shorter than the 
third; remaining joints gradually becoming shorter and thicker toward 
the thirteenth, all pitchy brown and pubescent. Thorax pitchy brown 
or dull rufous, evenly rugose, somewhat wrinkled and with a few 
scattered hairs. Parapsidal grooves very fine and somewhat lost in the 
rough surface anteriorly, convergent at, the scutellum. Scutellum 
evenly rugose like the thorax, and of the same color. Abdomen com- 
pressed convex at the sides and rather sharply keeled on the dorsum 
and venter, dark pitchy brown, smooth and shining. Legs pitchy brown, 
somewhat paler than the abdomen and pubescent. Wings aborted, not 
extending to the middle of the abdomen. Length 1 mm. 
Gall—On the upper surface of the leaves of a species of white oak. 
Monothalamous. Rounded, flattened disc-like, becoming slightly ele- 
vated toward the middle. The sides are flat and very thin, and the gall 
rests closely on the leaf. The larva lives in the center of the elevated 
part. The color is pinkish or purplish, with the apex sometimes yel- 
lowish. Width, 3 to 4 mm. Height, 1 mm. 
Habitat—Kern Co., California, January. 
Type—United States National Museum. 
Described from five females. 
Andricus caepulaeformis sp. nov. 
Female.—Head large, broader than the thorax, reddish brown, evenly 
and finely granulose. Antennae 14-jointed; first joint very stout and 
inflated; second joint short, subcylindrical; third joint very long and 
slender; fourth joint also slender, shorter than the third, remaining 
joints subequal, all blackish except the basal one which is rufous. 
Thorax minutely granulose with a few hairs. Parapsidal grooves pres- 
