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Cynips multipunctata variety indicta, new variety 
agamic form 
Figures 31, 198, 201-202, 212, 218 
FEMALE. — Median groove practically lacking; scutellum anteriorly 
almost as smooth as the mesonotum; foveal groove well defined, with a 
suggestion of a division into foveae; wing veins and infuscations gen- 
erally heavier than in conspicua; wings more heavily spotted than in 
the other varieties, most of the spots more elongate and more often 
tending to fuse; the cubital cell heavily spotted; the radial cell usually 
with 3 or more spots; the discoidal cell with 12 to 18 distinct spots; the 
length 3.5 to 4.5 mm., averaging larger than the other varieties. Fig- 
ures 212, 218. 
GALL. — Indistinguishable from that of variety multipunctata (q.v.), 
unless averaging smaller; mature galls becoming light and then dirty 
gray in color; internally with rather fine, silky fibers; on the under sur- 
faces of leaves of Quercus Douglasii. Figures 198, 201-202. 
RANGE. — California: South Cow Creek in Shasta County, and 
Inskip (galls, F. A. Leach in Kinsey coll.). Redding (Kinsey coll, and 
F. A. Leach in Kinsey coll.). Battle Creek at 2000 ft. (F. A. Leach in 
Kinsey coll.). Colfax (E. R. Leach in Kinsey coll.). Kelseyville (types, 
P. Schulthess in Kinsey coll.). 7 miles southeast of Kelseyville; Lower 
Lake (D. Hildebrand in Kinsey coll.). Cobb Mountain and the south 
side of Bartlett Mountain in Lake County (P. Schulthess in Kinsey 
coll.). 
Probably thruout the more northern range, or the altitudinally 
higher range of Q. Douglasii. Figure 31. 
TYPES. — 10 females, many galls. Holotype female and galls in the 
Kinsey collection. Paratype females and galls in the American Museum 
of Natural History and the U.S. National Museum. Galls at Stanford 
University, and the California Academy. Labelled Kelseyville, Cal- 
ifornia; galls September 20, 1925, and September 26, 1926; Q. Douglasii; 
P. Schulthess collector. 
This is the more northern variety on the blue oak, Q. 
Douglasii. The gall is hardly distinguishable from that of 
multipunctata, the more southern variety on the same oak, 
but the insect is quite distinct. The material from Kelseyville 
and points north of there is typical indicta; the material from 
seven miles south of Kelseyville and from other points in the 
southern portion of Lake County is intermediate between 
indicta and multipunctata, and not determinable as one or the 
other variety. The material from Napa County clearly repre- 
sents variety multipunctata. 
Miss Schulthess, who collected the type material, found 
full-sized but not yet fully developed galls as early as July 15 
