Kinsey: Studies of Cynipidse 



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Andi'icus lasius variety sublasius new variety 



FEMALE. — Shows the following characters in addition to those 

 common to all varieties of the species: Almost entirely rufous brown, 

 antennae dark brown, almost black, brownish rufous basally; parapsidal 

 grooves rather more closely convergent at the scutellum than in either 

 other variety; abdomen dark rufous brown, darker dorsally, more 

 elongate, longer than high, second segment not covering half the ab- 

 domen; tibise very dark brown; wing veins darker brown, the first 

 abscissa of the radius bent nearly midway between the subcosta and 

 areolet; areolet moderately large. 



GALL. — Does not differ particularly from galls of the other va- 

 rieties. 



RANGE. — California: San Bernardino. Probably confined to this 

 range of mountains. 



TYPES. — 7 females, 11 galls. Holotype female, paratype female, 

 and galls in The American Museum of Natural History; paratype fe- 

 males and galls in Stanford University, the U.S. National Museum, and 

 with the author. Labelled San Bernardino, California; January 31, 

 1920; Kinsey collector. All the adults were cut from the galls. 



Andricus lasius variety areolaris, new variety 



Acraspis n. sp. Trotter, 1910, Boll. Lab. Portici, V, p. 106, pL 1, figs. 16, 

 19, 20. 



FEMALE. — Shows the following characters in addition to those 

 common to all varieties of the species: Almost entirely rufous brown; 

 antennae dark brown, almost black; parapsidal grooves not as closely 

 convergent at the scutellum as in sublasius; abdomen dark rufous-brown, 

 longer than high, the second segment covering about half the area; tarsi 

 brownish rufous; wing veins about as heavy as those of sublasius; the 

 first abscissa of the radius bent about midw^ay between the subcosta and 

 areolet; areolet somewhat smaller than in other varieties. 



GALL. — Does not differ particularly from galls of the other va- 

 rieties. 



RANGE.— California: Yosemite, Pasadena (Trotter); El Portal, 

 San Jacinto Mountain, El Toro. Probably occurs thruout the southern 

 Sierras and their extensions, from El Portal south, except in the San 

 Bernardino and Cuyamaca mountains. 



TYPES. — 1 female, 10 galls. Holotype female, paratype galls in 

 The American Museum of Natural History; paratype galls at Stanford 

 University, the U.S. National Museum, and with the author. Labelled 

 El Portal, California; March 26, 1920; Kinsey collector. 



This insect shows a curious combination of the characters 

 of the other two varieties. The records for all localities ex- 

 cept El Portal are for galls alone, and their determinations 

 are based on our knowledge of faunal areas indicated by other 

 species. 



