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Opuntia from British West Indies. It is probably American and 

 presumable that the infestation originated in this country. The 

 deep red male may be recognized by the short, broad, triangularly 

 emarginate ventral plate. 



Fig. 37 Itonida opuntiae, 

 lobe of cactus showing charac- 

 teristic signs of infestation 

 (author's illustration) 



Fig. 38 Itonida anthici, 

 cluster of flowerUke galls 

 and one gall enlarged (au- 

 thor's illustration) 



1913 

 1918 



Itonida anthici Felt 



Felt, E. P. Econ. Ent. Jour., 6:278 



N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 200, p. 5, 19, 20 



This interesting species produces pinkish white flowerlike galls on 

 cypress, Taxodium distichum,the galls (fig. 38) sometimes 

 being so numerous as to dominate the dark-green cypress foliage and 

 give the appearance of an ordinary flowering plant thickly set 

 with small blossoms. The gall was collected repeatedly by Dr 



