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Neuroterus majalis Mayr, 1881, Gen. Gallenbew. Cynip., p. 37. Ash- 
mead, 1885, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., XII, pp. 296, 303; 1887, Trans. 
Amer. Ent. Soc., XIV, p. 129. Ashmead in Packard, 1890, 5th Rpt. 
U.S. Ent. Comm., pp. 107, 109. Dalla Torre, 1893, Cat. Hymen., 
II, p. 44. Dalla Torre and Kieffer, 1902, Gen. Ins. Hymen. Cynip., 
p. 51. Beutenmuller, 1910 (except Florida record), Bull. Amer. 
Mus. Nat. Hist., XXVIII, p. 134, pi. XIII, figs. 4, 5, 6. Beuten- 
muller in Smith, 1910, Ins. N. J., p. 599. Viereck, 1916, Hymen. 
Conn., p. 385. Felt, 1918, N.Y. State Mus. Bull., 200, p. 108, figs. 
85 (4-6), 104. Britton, 1920, Conn. Geol. and Nat. Hist. Surv. 
Bull., 31, p. 320. Wells, 1921, Bot. Gaz., LXXI, p. 377, pi. XXII (4). 
Kinsey, 1922, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XLVI, p. 285. 
Dolichostrophus majalis Ashmead, 1887, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., XIV, 
p. 129; 1903, Psyche, X, p. 151. Thompson, 1915, Amer. Ins. Galls, 
p. 14. Felt, 1918, N.Y. State Mus. Bull., 200, p. 90. 
Neuroterus {Dolichostrophus) irregularis Beutenmuller in Smith, 1910, 
Ins. N.J., p. 598. Viereck, 1916, Hymen. Conn., p. 392. 
Neuroterus irregulaHs Beutenmuller, 1910 (in large part). Bull, Amer. 
Mus. Nat. Hist., XXVIII, p. 134, pi. XIII, figs. 2, 3. Thompson, 1915, 
Amer. Ins. Galls, pi. 3 (172). Felt, 1918, N.Y. State Mus. Bull., 
200, fig. 85 (2, 3). 
Neuroterus quercus-majalis Dalla Torre and Kieffer, 1910 (in large 
part). Das Tierreich, XXIV, pp. 335, 820, 826. 
Dolichostrophus majalis Thompson, 1915, Amer. Ins. Galls, p. 37. 
FEMALE. — Face piceous black, mouthparts piceous yellow; an- 
tennae medium brown, yellow basally; legs light yellow; wing veins light 
brown, areolet averaging larger; cubital vein rather faint but not dis- 
continuous; length 1. 5-2.0 mm. 
MALE. — Thorax yellow, entire mesonotum yellowish brown; thorax 
slender, the scutellum longer than wide; abdomen golden brown. 
GALL. — As described for the species; on Quercus alba (and Q. 
Prinus ?) . 
RANGE. — Massachusetts: Boston? (Clarke). Connecticut: Wa- 
terbury (Bassett); New Haven (Patton in Mus. Comp. Zook). New 
York: New York City (Beutenmuller) ; Albany (Felt in N.Y. State 
Mus.). New Jersey: Ft. Lee (Beutenmuller). Probably confined to 
a northeastern portion of the United States. 
TYPES. — Females, males, and galls. Holotype female, paratype 
females, males, and galls at the Philadelphia Academy; paratype in- 
sects and galls at The American Museum of Natural History, the Mu- 
seum of Comparative Zoology, and in the Kinsey collection. From 
Waterbury, Connecticut; Q. alba; Bassett collector. 
Bassett described this insect as emerging in June, and 
museum records give May 31 and June 2. This is considerably 
later than the dates for more southern varieties. The insect 
does not differ greatly from irregularis. The Thompson ma- 
