. Report of the State Entomologist on injurious and other insects of the state of New York. pherical or conical, usually succulent and consisting of a wall inclosing achamber in which the larval cell lies free. Some of these galls are loosely attached to the leaf,though more often they are imbedded in the blade. (a) Gall globular Globose, succulent, hollow leaf, bud and catkin gall containing a white, free, globular kernel, green, sometimes red-tinged, diameter 5 to 12 mm, on various oaks. Fig. 86, 87, 1-4. Beutm. iid, p. 361 Cynipid. Succulent oak gall, Dryophanta palustris O. S. Globose, hol
. Report of the State Entomologist on injurious and other insects of the state of New York. pherical or conical, usually succulent and consisting of a wall inclosing achamber in which the larval cell lies free. Some of these galls are loosely attached to the leaf,though more often they are imbedded in the blade. (a) Gall globular Globose, succulent, hollow leaf, bud and catkin gall containing a white, free, globular kernel, green, sometimes red-tinged, diameter 5 to 12 mm, on various oaks. Fig. 86, 87, 1-4. Beutm. iid, p. 361 Cynipid. Succulent oak gall, Dryophanta palustris O. S. Globose, hollow, plum-colored leaf gall, similar to that ofD. palustris and developing equally upon both leaf surfaces; within a small, free cell, on Q. a q u a t i c a . Fig. 87, 6. Beutm. i id, p. 363 Cynipid. Dryophanta aquaticae Ashm. Gall similar to that ofD. palustris, except that it projects about equally on both surfaces of the leaf, length 5 to mm, diameter 3 to .75 mm, on Q. laurifolia. Fig. 87, 5. Beutm. i id, p. 362 Cynipid. Dryophanta laurifoliae Ashm. KEY TO AMERICAN INSECT GALLS. E LB eutenmul/er A. globulus Beutm. 6, 7- A. r a c e m a r i a Ashm. 8-10. Translucent oak gall. A. n u b i 1 i ?p e n ni s Harr. (After Beutm., Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.) 92 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM Globose, succulent leaf gall with a loose, whitish kernel similar to that ofDryophanta aquaticae but much smaller, onQ. iid, p. 365 Cynipid. Dryophanta quercifoliae , somewhat roughened, fuzzy, thick-celled leaf galls closely resemblingthose ofD. palustris, diameter mm to mm, on red oak and scarletoak. Beutm. iid, p. 364 Cynipid. Dryophanta liberaecellulae , succulent, yellowish green, hollow galls containing a free cell andattached to the vein on the under side of the leaf of Q. 1 a u r i f o 1 i a ,diameter mm, height mm. Beutm. iid, p. 365 Cynipid. Dryophanta confusa Ashm. (6) Hemispherical or conical, attached to the under surface of the leafSubgl
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