770 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



two-thirds of its whole length, the sutures running obliquely for- 

 ward to the venter, ventral valve hidden, the sheaths of oviposi- 

 tor short but slightly projecting. Wings hyaline, veins pale 

 brown, the cubitus and radius very slender, pale, the vein at base 

 of marginal cell arcuate, the areolet wanting." 



Recorded from Connecticut by W. Beutenmuller. 



A. glandulus Beutenmiiller. 



The original description was published in Bulletin of the 

 Brooklyn Entomological Society, Vol. viii, page 103, 19 13, and 

 Connecticut is included in the area of distribution of this insect. 

 The original description is reproduced here: — 



" Female. Form robust. Uniform light cinnamon-brown. Legs 

 somewhat paler with the middle and hind femora dark brown. 

 Head finely granulated and subtriangular in shape. Antennae 14- 

 jointed, stout, and almost uniform in width, ist joint long, 2nd 

 small, 3rd long, 4th, 5th and 6th shorter than the 3rd and sub- 

 equal. The following joints small and almost equal in size. Thorax 

 robust, about as long as broad, finely and evenly granulated. 

 Parapsidal grooves well defined, punctate, inwardly curved ante- 

 riorly, thence parallel nearly to the scutellum where they curve 

 outwardly and converge, though fairly well apart. Anterior 

 parallel grooves fine and extending a little beyond the middle 

 of the thorax where they are slightly divergent. Lateral grooves 

 short. Collar rugose. Pleurae minutely aciculated. Scutellum 

 more granulated than the thorax with a broad prominent trans- 

 verse shining groove or channel at the base. Abdomen well 

 rounded dorsally, the large second segment smooth, the follow- 

 ing segments microscopically punctate. At the base of the second 

 segment are a few minute whitish hairs. Sheath of ovipositor 

 black, stout and extending upward but not beyond the anal seg- 

 ment. Wings pale, hyaline, cross and basal veins heavy, yellowish 

 brown and very slightly clouded with the same color, outer veins 

 faint; radial area broad and open at the costal margin; second 

 cross-vein bluntly angulate or rounded outwardly; areolet very 

 small; cubitus fine and not extending to the cross-vein. Length 

 2.50 to 3.25 mm. 



"Gall. In the cups of acorns of swamp white oak (Quercus 

 platanoides) , burr oak (Q. macrocarpa) , dwarf chestnut oak (Q. 

 prinoides), chestnut oak (Q. prinus), and probably other trees 



