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long as the second, the fourth one-half longer than the third, all 

 slender. Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian lines sparsely- 

 haired. Scutellttm fuscous reddish, postscutellum fuscous orange. 

 Abdomen sparsely haired, deep reddish orange, the small dorsal 

 sclerites dark brown; genitalia fuscous. Wings short, broad, hyaline, 

 costa fuscous. Halteres yellowish basally, fuscous yellowish apically. 

 Coxae slaty brown; femora, tibiae and tarsi fuscous yellowish, the 

 distal tarsal segments darker; claws slender, strongly curved, the 

 pul villi shorter than the claws. Genitalia; dorsal plate short, nar- 

 rowly and deeply emarginate, the lobes broadly rounded. 



Female. Length 2 mm. Antennae extending to the fourth abdom- 

 inal segment, sparsely haired, fuscous yellowish, yellowish basally; 

 14 segments, the fifth with a length four times its diameter; the cir- 

 cumfili four, coarsely and irregularly reticulate; terminal segment 

 slightly produced, an obtuse knob. Palpi; first segment short, sub- 

 quadrate, the second with a length four times its diameter, the third 

 a little longer, more slender, the fourth one-third longer than the 

 second, slightly dilated. Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian 

 lines thickly haired. Scutellum reddish brown, postscutellum fus- 

 cous. Abdomen sparsely haired, the rather small dorsal sclerites 

 dark brown, the incisures and pleurae deep reddish orange. Coxae 

 fuscous yellowish; femora and tibiae a variable fuscous yellowish 

 and dark brown, tarsi mostly dark brown or black. Ovipositor about 

 half the length of the abdomen. Type Cecid. aiySg. 



Cincticomia simpla Felt 

 1909 Felt, E. P. Econ. Ent. Jour., 2:291 



The oval blister galls on oak produced by this species are so 

 insignificant as rarely to attract the attention of any but those 

 specially interested in the study of insect galls. This species was 

 reared in small numbers from several lots of galls taken by Miss 

 Cora H. Clarke on yellow barked oak, Quercus velutina, 

 at Magnolia, Mass., and also from blister swellings on the leaves 

 of red oak, Quercus rubra, taken in the vicinity of Albany, 

 N. Y. 



Gall. An irregularly oval pustulate swelling 5 to 6 mm in diameter 

 and showing equally on both surfaces but with no distinct nipple. 

 The galls are a variable brown in the fall, darker than the normal 

 tissue and occur here and there on the leaf. Apparently the same 

 species produces a slightly green or variable yellowish and red 

 elevation on both surfaces of the leaf some 5 by 7 mm in diameter. 

 Several larvae occur in the cavity beneath. 



Larva. Length 3 mm, whitish or yellowish, rather stout. Head 

 small; antennae short, stout. Breastbone well developed, bidentate, 

 the teeth rather long, stout; shaft well developed; segmentation 



