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Cynips (Teras) hirta Osten Sacken, 1865, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila. 4: 333, 
379. Packard, 1881, U.S. Ent. Comm. Bull. 7 : 56. 
Q. hirta Walsh, 1870, Amer. Ent. and Bot. 2: 299. 
Biorhiza hirta Ashmead, 1885, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 12: 296. Ash- 
mead, 1887, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 14: 127. Cresson, 1887, Trans. 
Amer. Ent. Soc. 14: suppl. 178. Ashmead in Packard, 1890, 5th Rpt. 
U.S. Ent. Comm.: 106, 110. Beutenmiiller, 1892, Bull. Amer. Mus. 
Nat. Hist. 4: 260. Bridewell, 1899, Trans. Kans. Acad. Sci. 16: 204. 
Beutenmiiller, 1904, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 20: 25. Felt, 1906, 
N.Y. Mus. Memoir 8(2) : 712. Thompson, 1915, Amer. Ins. Galls: 
15, 36. \ iereck, 1916, Hymen. Conn. : 383. 
Biorrhiza hirta Dalla Torre, 1893, Cat. Hymen. 2:60. Dalla Torre and 
Kieffer, 1902, Gen. Ins. Hymen. Cynip. : 56. 
Philonix hirta Ashmead in Smith, 1900, Cat. Ins. N.J.: 548. Beuten- 
miiller, 1909, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 26: 250, pi. 43 fig. 10. 
Felt, 1918, N.Y. Mus. Bull. 200: 94, fig. 89 (10). 
Philonyx hirta Beutenmiiller in Smith, 1910, Ins. N.J.: 598. 
Trichoteras quercus-hirtnm Dalla Torre and Kieffer, 1910, Das Tierreich 
24: 404, 821, 836. 
Philonix pezamachoides err. det. Felt in Thompson, 1915, Amer. Ins. 
Galls: 61. 
Biorhiza (Xystoteras) hirta Britton, 1920, Checklist Ins. Conn.: 319. 
Acraspis hirta Weld, 1922, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 61 (18) : 10, 13. Weld, 
1926, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 68 (10) : 58. Weld in Leonard, 1928, 
Ins. N.Y. : 970. 
[Ashmead’s and Beutenmiiller’s Colorado records of hirta apply to 
variety undulata. Cosens’ and Felt’s records of hirta on Q. macrocarpa 
apply to variety macrescens.'] 
FEMALE. — Almost entirely deep rufo-piceous and black, the anten- 
nae entirely deep rufo-piceous; lateral lines practically absent; wings 
0.23 of the body in length; body 2.7 to 3.7 mm. in length. Figures 385, 
429. 
GALL. — Quite spheroidal, moderately large, up to 6.0 mm. in dia- 
meter; the faceted surface without projecting spines and consequently 
smooth in appearance; on leaves of Quercus montana (= Q. Prinus = 
Q. monticola of authors), Q. Michauxii, and probably related chestnut 
oaks. Figures 321-322. 
RANGE. — Toronto (Brodie in U.S. Nat. Mus.). 
Massachusetts: Worcester? (gall, M. T. Thompson in Boston Soc.). 
Connecticut: Waterbury (types; Bassett coll.). 
New York: West Point (Bassett in Mus. Comp. Zook). Storm 
King (gall, M. D. Leonard acc. Weld 1926). Highbridge (gall, Amer. 
Mus. coll.). Huntington (J. C. Bridewell in U.S. Nat. Mus.). Ithaca 
(gall, acc. Weld 1926). 
New Jersey: Fort Lee (gall, acc. Beutenmiiller 1910). Richland 
(gall, Kinsey coll.). 
Pennsylvania: Washingtonville (gall, E. C. Zeliff in Kinsey coll.). 
D.C. (acc. Beutenmiiller 1909). 
Virginia: Bluemont (gall, acc. Weld 1926). Blue Ridge Mountains 
