Kinsey : Gall Wasp Genus Cynips 
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between January 6 and 16 (in 1920), I found some of the 
adults emerging, while others emerged later in January. 
Weld collected this species on Quercus Tourney i at Pata- 
gonia, Arizona. He says that these insects average smaller 
than those from Q. arizonica , but he believes they represent the 
same variety. 
The original Bassett description of nubila states that the 
areolet is “very small”, a curious error — as examination of the 
type material proves it to be. 
Variety nubila is replaced north of Tucson by a variety with 
a russet-colored gall. The insects of the two seem indistin- 
guishable. For a discussion, see variety russa. 
Cynips nubila variety russa, new variety 
agamic form 
Figures 58, 325, 368, 398 
Diplolepis nubila err. det. Weld, 1926 (in part), Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 
68 (10) : 27, 34. 
Diplolepis quercus-nubila err. det. Houard, 1928, Marcellia 24: 102, fig. 
10 - 12 . 
FEMALE. — Indistinguishable from that of variety nubila ( q.v .) ; 
mesonotum posteriorly finely coriaceous between the punctations, parap- 
sidal grooves obscure anteriorly; the sides of all the abdominal segments 
hairy; areolet very large. Figures 368, 398. 
GALL. — The core straw to dirty brown in color, the hair-like spines 
for the most part whitish or yellowish, the tips colored dull apricot or 
yellowish russet, fading to flesh color; the bases of the spines some- 
what swollen; on leaves of Quercus arizonica and Q. oblongif olia. Fig- 
ure 325. 
RANGE. — Arizona: Sabino Trail in Santa Catalina Mountains ( Q . 
arizonica, Q. oblongif olia, Kinsey coll.; also Q. diversicolor acc. Weld 
1926). Oracle ( Q . arizonica, Kinsey coll., types; also acc. Weld 1926). 
Safford and Globe ( Q . arizonica, Kinsey coll.). 
Apparently confined to Arizona north of Tucson. Figure 58. 
TYPES. — 8 females and 22 clusters of galls. Holotype and para- 
type females and galls in the Kinsey collection. Paratype galls in the 
American Museum of Natural History, the Museum of Comparative Zo- 
ology, and the U.S. National Museum. Labelled Oracle, Arizona; Janu- 
ary 11, 1920; Q. arizonica; Kinsey collector. 
Weld collected galls of this variety in December and bred 
adults December 31, January 3, 4, 10, 12, 14, 16, 22, 23, and 
24, and February 6. The forest insect collection of the U. S. 
