10 Cynipidae 



HolcaspisbassettiGill, '89, p. 215-217, fig. 2, p. 221, 9 ,Q.bicolor, Mich. 

 Oct. Not axillary, clustered, attenuated cone, plate 1, 214. 



(rf) Not globular or conical. 



Holcaspis monticola Gill. '93, p. 30-31, 9 , Scrub oak, Colo. 



Nov. Cylindric, truncate, 1-4 in. Bark broken at base. 

 *Conipsodryoxenus brunneus Ash. '97, p. 129, 9 , Cal. 



Elongate, oval, 5-8 mm. Gall confused with that of Andricus chrysolepidis. 

 Holcaspis douglasii Ash. '97, p. 127, 9 , Q. douglasii, Cal, Dec. Squash-shaped. 



(D) Woody, with a central kernel, having the outer substance of the gall chambered, 

 clustered. 



Andricus formosus Bass. '64, p. 679-680 (Cynips), 9 , Q. rubra, Conn. 



Old wood. Spring. Ovate, 40-50 clustered, plate 2, 332. 

 Andricus capsualus Ash. '85, p. IX (Cynips), 9 , Q. catesbcei and Q. cinerea. 



Fla. Appears Apr. Spring of next year. Ovate, 15-20 clustered, fleshy on twig. 



2. Galls with the structure of tjrpical bullet-galls, but clustered in compact and character- 

 istic masses about the supporting twig — 



Holcaspis ficigera Ash. '85, p. VI-VII {Cijnips), 9 , Q. virens, Fla.; =0. S. '62, p. 258, Q. virens, 

 Fla.; =Ash. '81, p. XIV, "Cynips q.ficus (?)." 

 Pruinose, compact, fig-like cluster. 

 Holcaspis ficula Bass. '81, p. 75-76 {Cynips), 9 , Q. macrocarpa, Ga.: Ash. '97, Par. Hymenopt., 

 p. 189, Fla. 

 Not hard-clustered in a mass like a cedar-cone. 

 Holcaspis spongiosa Karsch. 



Loxaulus spicata Bass. '00, p. 329, 9 , Q. virens, Ariz. 



The mass looks like a red-colored ear of corn. 

 Cynips strobilana 0. S. '62, p. 254, Q. bicolor, Pa., Md.; 0. S. '65, p. 350, 9 : Bass. '64, p. 690-691 

 {Cynips), 9 : Beut. '04, Q. palustris; Cat., Q. bicolor N. Y.: Gill. '89, Q. macrocarpa, 

 Q. bicolor, Mich. : Harvard Coll., Q. bicolor, Mass.: Packard, Q. bicolor. Mo. 

 Wedge-shaped cells in cluster. 

 Andricus coronas Beut. '07, p. 464-465, pi. 37, fig. 10, 9 , Q. palustris, N. Y.; Q. aquatica, Ga. 

 Summer. Spring. 

 Ovoid, fluted, monothalamous, clustered. 



3.' Galls in compact cluster around twig, but bladder like and not woody as in last group. 



Xanthoteras forticornis Walsh '64, p. 489-491 {Cynips), 9, Q. alba, 111.; = Cynips ficus Fitch, 5 

 Rept., p. 812-813, 9 {Ceroptres), Q. alba, N. Y.; =0. S. '61, p. 69-70, Q. alba, D. C: 

 Bass. '63, Conn.: Beut. Cat. and '04, Q. alba, N. Y.: Ash. '87, Chalcididce, Toronto, 

 Can.: Cook '05, Q. alba, Ind.: Walsh '68, Q. alba. Mo.: Beach '95,' Iowa: Packard, 

 Mass., Va., N. H.: Gill. '89, Mich.; Q. alba, Mass., R. I. 

 Gall appears in July. Old wood, plate 1, 122. 

 Biorhita. 



4. Galls on twigs consisting of fibrous material which conceals one or many cells in which 

 the larvae live — 



{A) Cell large, solitary or clustered. 



Andricus dasydactyli Ash. '97, p. 117-118, 9 , Q. chrysolepis, Cal. 

 Jan., Feb. Cells 2 cm. long; long wool fibres. 



