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by February 26, 1922. From these dates, this should be the 
agamic, winter generation of some variety, as discussed in 
the introduction to this species, but Dr. Patterson assures 
me that he has secured 5 females and 6 males from these galls. 
The male does differ from the female in antennal color more 
than the amount of secondary sexual differences usual in the 
species, and at first I doubted the connection of the two, but 
the rugose scutellum and the narrowed foveal furrow show 
the relationship. The gall is very similar to galls of the 
other forms but is unique in its occurrence on the bark of 
stems and is (consequently?) of different texture and color. 
This is one of the most interesting of Dr. Patterson’s many 
valuable finds. 
Neuroterus vesicula variety ocularis, new variety 
FEMALE. — Eyes distinctly large, protruding slightly beyond the 
cheeks; cheeks quite narrow; antennae brown, brownish yellow basally; 
thorax considerably wider than the head, the parapsidal grooves finely, 
faintly indicated; furrow at base of scutellum rather broad and smooth; 
legs bright golden yellow, brownish black on the coxae; areolet rather 
large; length 2. 7-3.0 mm. 
MALE. — As described for the species; eyes larger than in the male 
of any other variety; areolet moderately large, broader than in vesicula. 
GALL. — A bud gall, as described for the species. On Quercus 
stellata. 
RANGE. — Texas: Austin (Patterson coll.). 
TYPES. — 5 females, 8 males, 10 clusters of galls. Holotype female, 
paratype females, males, and galls at The American Museum of 
Natural History; paratype females, males and galls in the U.S. National 
Museum, and the Kinsey collection; paratype males at the Museum of 
Comparative Zoology and the Philadelphia Academy. Labelled Austin, 
Texas; Q. stellata; Patterson collection numbers 34 and 48. 
Dr. Patterson was not able to detect this gall before Feb- 
ruary 25 (1922), after which time he found it growing very 
rapidly, with the insects emerging from March 6 to March 
31. I have no further locality records of the insect, and can- 
not suggest its range beyond Austin. 
Neiiroterus vesicula variety vesicula (Bassett) 
C?/mps vesicula Bassett, 1881, Can. Ent., XIII, p. 97. Packard, 1881, 
U.S. Ent. Comm. Bull., 7, p. 57. Cresson, 1923, Trans. Amer. Ent. 
Soc., XLVIII, p. 203. 
