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c. Black ; areolet rather small ; gall about circular, some- 
times with an indefinite tip; southern California; on 
Q. Engelmanii. var. engelmanni 
d. Piceous black; areolet very small; gall slightly elon- 
gate, without a tip; Southwest; on Q. grisea. 
var. griseae 
e. Black; areolet rather large; gall circular, without a 
tip ; Middle West ; on Q. macrocarpa. var. niger 
/. Piceous to black; areolet of moderate size; gall very 
slightly elongate, with a distinct tip; Texas, etc.; on 
Q. stellata and Q. breviloba. var. nigripes 
g. Piceous ; areolet very small ; gall very elongate, with- 
out a tip ; northeastern U.S. ; on Q. bicolor. 
var. papillosus 
h. Light piceous ; areolet less than a moderate size ; gall 
entirely circular, without a tip ; Texas ; on Q. stellata. 
var. pattersoni 
i. Piceous black; areolet quite small; gall oval, rather 
elongate, without a tip; northern Middle West; on 
Q. alba. var. perminimus 
10. Cubitus continuous; legs in no place darker than a 
yellowish brown ; galls circular discs, centrally depressed, 
containing a central point; naked of hairs; eastern North 
America. N. umbilicatus 
Cubitus about discontinuous ; legs in part brownish 
piceous; galls globular to ellipsoidal, seed-like cells, naked 
or pubescent; thruout North America. N. saltatorius 
a. Antennse golden yellow basally; length to 1.2 mm.; 
galls globose, slightly elongate, finely pubescent ; 
Texas; on Q. stellata. var. australis 
b. Antennse light yellow basally; length not over 0.7 
mm. ; galls much elongate, distinctly pubescent ; South- 
west; on Q. arizonica. var. decrescens 
c. Antennse light brown basally; length to 1.5 mm.; galls 
ellipsoidal, almost naked ; western America on Q. 
lobata (and Q. Douglasii?) . var. saltatorius 
d. Antennse golden yellow basally ; length 0.6-0. 9 mm. ; 
galls about globose, about naked; Texas; on Q. vir- 
jiniana. var. texanus 
