24 Cynipidae 



B. Swellings of the stem — 



Diastrophus nebulosus O. S. "Stettiii,"p. 415 {Cynips, Diastrophus (?) ), 9 , R. villosus, D. C. : 0. S. 

 '63, p. 36-39, cf 9 , i?. villosus (?), D. C: Harvard Coll., Raspberry, Quebec, Mass., 

 R. villosus, Mass.: Provancher, R. vitis-idcea, Quebec: Ash. '86, R. villosus, Fla.: 

 Beut., R. villosus, N. J., N. Y.: Cook '05, R. villosus, Inch: Riley '70, Mo.: Riley 

 '68, Ohio: Webster '92, Ohio: 

 R. villosus, R. I., Mass.; R. sirigosus, Mass.; over winters; fly, late May, plate 5, 117. 

 Diastrophus turgidus Bass. '70, p. 99-100, 9 , R. strigosus. Conn. 



R. strigosus, Mass. Over winters. All around stem, plate 5, 85. 

 Diastrophus kincaidii Gill. '93b, p. 110, cf 9 , i2. nutkanus. Wash. 



COMPOSITiE 

 Galls on Wild Lettuce (Lactuca-Mulgedium) 



1 . No visible gall, merely larval cells in the pith : 



Aulacidea mulgedicola Ash. '97, p. 133 (Aulax), cf 9 , M. acuminatum, D. C. Jan., Feb. 

 Aulacidea bicolor Gill.^ 



2. Swellings of the stem: 



A. Not pithy— 



Aulax podagras Bass. '90, p. 91-92, & 9 , L. canadensis, Conn. 



Lactuca, Mass., R. I. Over winters. Fly, May, plate 2, 116. ' 



Aulacidea. ~ 



B. Pithy— 



Aulax tumida Bass. '90, p. 92, cf 9 , Conn. Beut., L. canadensis, N. Y. 

 Mass. Over winters. Fly in May, plate 5, 133. 

 Aulacidea podagrae Bass. 

 *Antistrophus leavenworthii Bass. '00, p. 310, cf 9 , Va. Over winters. Spring. 

 Aulax. 



Gall on Golden-Rod (Solidago) 



Aulacidea solidaginis Girault '03, p. 323-324, fig. cf 9 , S. species, Va. Over winter. June 2-8. 

 Stem swollen. 



Aulacidea tumida Bass. 



Gall on Prenanthes 



Aulax nabali Brodie '92, p. 12-13, d" 9 , Nabalus altissimus, Toronto. Winters. 

 P. serpentaria, Mass. Over winters. Fly, late May. 

 Aulacidea. 



Gall on Sonchtjs 



Aulax sonchicola Ash. '97, p. 134, cf 9 , »S. oleraceus. Can., N. C. June. 

 Abrupt swelling at top of. stalks. 

 Aulacidea tumida Bass. 



Gall on Dandelion (Taraxacum) 



Gillettia taraxaci Ash. '97b, p. 69, d" 9 , T. dens-leonis, Minn. 

 Mar. 31. Petiole swollen. 



Aulax. 



' The synonymy in Aulax and Aulacidea is that of Beutenmuller, 19X0, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Bui. 28:137-44, 253-58. 



