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one or both sides of the midvein. The young galls are fleshy while 

 the old ones are very hard and woody. Normally but one larva 

 occurs in the typical gall, though three or four are frequently present 

 in a confluent mass. 



Larva. Length 3 mm, rather stout, reddish orange; head slightly 

 rounded, triangular, the posterior angles with long, chitinous pro- 

 cesses. Antennae rather long, stout, biarticulate, the terminal seg- 



Fig. 35 Cincticornia pilulae. 

 extremity, enlarged (original) 



a, breastbone of larva; b, posterior 



ment minute. Breastbone expanded anteriorly, bidentate, the 

 teeth widely separated, irregularly rounded, the shaft tapering and 

 disappearing posteriorly; skin coarsely shagreened. Terminal seg- 

 ment small, rounded. 



Male. Length 3 mm. Antennae extending to the fourth abdom- 

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

 14 segments, the fifth with a length a little over twice its diameter, 

 9 circumfili; terminal segment somewhat prolonged, narrowly 

 rounded. Palpi; the first segment short, stout, subquadrate, the 

 second more than twice the length of the first, more slender, the 

 third a little stouter and hardly as long as the second, the fourth 

 nearly twice the length of the third, strongly flattened and some- 

 what dilated. Mesonotum a dark brown, the submedian lines 

 sparsely haired. Scutellum fuscous yellowish, postscutellum a little 

 darker. Abdomen dark brown, the incisures and pleurae pale salmon, 

 ventral sclerites dark brown. Wings hyaline, costa light brown; 

 halteres whitish transparent. Legs with the coxae and femora a 

 deep fuscous yellowish, the tarsi lighter; claws long, slender, evenly 

 curved, the pul villi shorter than the claws. 



