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eral a cross vein arises from the cubitus midway between the 

 areolet and the basalis ; the areolet may be closed ; and other 

 abnormalities occur. These should in all cases be preserved 

 for a study on the homologies of cynipid venation. 



Andricus spectabilis variety spectabilis (Kinsey) 



Andricus sjoectahilis Kinsey, 1922, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XLVI, 

 p. 289, figs. 11, 12. 



FEMALE. — Differs from other varieties of the species as follows: 

 Parapsidal and median grooves not especially broadened at the scutel- 

 lum; median groove usually longer than in ukiahensis; anterior parallel 

 lines prominent, distinctly broad; basal fovese of the scutellum in part 

 smooth, only moderately and m part rugose; mesopleurse wholly but 

 very finely coriaceous, in no place wholly smooth, less finely coriaceous, 

 but still coriaceous centrally, 



GALL. — Does not differ from the galls of the other varieties. 



RANGE. — California: San Jacinto Mountains, San Bernardino (?) , 

 Upland, Pasadena, El Portal. Probably thruout the southern Sierras 

 and their extensions^ 



TYPES. — 76 females, 19 galls. Holotype female, paratype females, 

 and galls at The American Museum of Natural History; paratype 

 females and galls at Stanford University, the U.S. National Museum, 

 the Museum of Comparative Zoology, the Philadelphia Academy, the 

 Berlin Museum, and with the author. Labelled Pasadena, California; 

 February 7, 1920; Kinsey collector. 



On March 26, 1920, galls at El Portal contained large 

 larvae and mature adults, and showed some adults to have 

 emerged previously. The majority of the adults had emerged 

 from these galls by April 3. Emergence is probably earlier 

 at more southern points. 



Andricus spectabilis variety incisus, new variety 



FEMALE. — Differs from the females of other varieties as fol- 

 lows: Parapsidal grooves and median groove distinctly broader at the 

 scutellum than in variety spectabilis; median groove moderately long; 

 anterior parallel lines almost but not as wide as in variety spectabilis ; 

 foveae about as smooth as in spectabilis; mesopleurae almost wholly 

 smooth beneath the tegulae, very coarsely coriaceous in other places, not 

 especially coriaceous-aciculate centrally as in ukiahensis; areolet large 

 but averaging distinctly smaller than in other varieties; first abscissa 

 of the radius heavy, but not as heavy as in other varieties. 



GALL. — Does not differ from galls of other varieties. 



RANGE. — California: Placerville, Auburn. Probably confined to 

 the central Sierras from El Portal north. 



TYPES, — 8 females, 22 galls. Holotype female, paratype galls at 

 The American Museum of Natural History; paratype females and galls 



