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of the leaves of the white oak {Quercus alba). The specimens 

 described as A. papillatus were reared from galls on the leaves 

 of the chestnut oak (Quercus prinus). 



The type locality is Waterbury. 

 *A. (C.) ceropteroides Bassett. 



Female : length 2 mm. ; head shining blackish brown, with 

 minute hairs, vertex finely wrinkled; antennae 13-jointed, first 

 and second joints nearly equal in size, the third one-fourth 

 shorter than the first and second combined, the fourth nearly as " 

 long as the third, the following nearly equal to one another in 

 length, all dull brownish red, darkest toward the apex; thorax 

 black, shining, evenly transversely wrinkled, pleurae and pronotum 

 punctate, parapsidal grooves converging from the pronotum to 

 the scutel, between the parapsidal grooves two parallel lines 

 extending half-way between the pronotum and the scutel, in 

 addition on the dorsulum a line over the base of each wing, these 

 lines all rather indistinct, scutel smoother than the mesonotum, 

 foveae present; legs dark brown; wings hyaline, veins seemingly 

 wanting; abdomen brown, smooth and shining. 



The galls of this species appear at the base of the annual 

 growths of the shoots of Quercus tinctoria. 



The type locality for this gall-fly is Crescent Beach, Bran- 

 ford. 



A. (C.) clavula Osten Sacken. White Oak Qub Gall. 



According to Bassett this species produces the gall described 

 by Fitch as Cynips quercus-arbos (see Ceroptres tuber). 



The galls of this species occur on white oak {Quercus alba). 



Solenozopheria Ashmead. 



S. vaccinii Ashmead. Huckleberry Gall. 



Female: length 2 mm.; pale yellowish brown; minutely 

 wrinkled but shining; antennae 12- jointed, gradually and slightly 

 thickened toward tips, the terminal two-thirds infuscated; dor- 

 sulum with parapsidal grooves that are more distinct posteriorly 

 than anteriorly, scutel convex, with a curved depression at base, 

 finely rugoso-punctate ; tibiae and posterior femora infuscated 

 with a darker shade of brown on their upper edges; wings hya- 

 line, radial area open, cubitus obsolete, veins pale brown, the 

 first transverse vein margined with a faint yellowish stain, a 



