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Cynips mellea variety crassior, new variety 
agamic form 
Figures 55, 395 
FEMALE. — In general color reddish rufous and black; apical halves 
of antennae rufo-brown, whole basal halves rufous, the first two seg- 
ments lighter rufous; mesonotum very sparingly punctate and hairy, 
almost entirely smooth and shining posteriorly, more roughened an- 
teriorly and laterally; anterior parallel and lateral lines indicated, 
slightly raised, rather broad; median groove irregular but defined pos- 
teriorly; scutellum distinctly longer than broad, distinctly sculptured, 
its median ridge rather prominent, extending anteriorly to divide the 
foveal groove; foveae broad, rugose at bottom; abdomen bright rufous, 
slightly darker rufous in places, distinctly longer than high, the second 
segment distinctly tongue-shaped, covering almost three-quarters of the 
whole abdomen; legs, including the coxae, mostly bright rufous; wings 
long, about 1.30 times the body length; areolet of moderate size or 
smaller; cloud on the first abscissa and infuscation on the second ab- 
scissa of the radius rather large; tip of the radius only slightly en- 
larged; body generally large and stout, 3.5 to 4.0 mm. in length. 
Figure 395. 
GALL. — Scatteringly pubescent or more naked when mature, light 
grayish brown in color; large galls, with rather thin walls; usually 
drawn out to a conical base; occurring in clusters (conspicuously so) ; 
on the leaves of Quercus stellata (and Q. alba,*!). 
RANGE. — Virginia: Indian Rock (Kinsey coll.). 
Tennessee: Charleston and Oakdale (Kinsey coll.). 9 miles north- 
east of Chattanooga (galls, Kinsey coll.). 
FIG. 55. SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN VARIETY OF C. MELLEA 
