ANDRICUS MULTICOSTATUS, new species

Host. — Quercus subturbinella.

Gall (pl. 16, fig. 9). — An axillary or terminal bud gall in fall. Cylindrical with 10 to 20 distinct longitudinal ribs, up to .5 mm. long, protruding far beyond the bud scales. Greenish with white spots when fresh, the bulbous distal third smooth and reddish.

Habitat. — The type was cut out alive on October 14, 1944, from a gall collected at Prescott, Ariz., September 13, 1943, by Mrs. N. W. Capron. She collected galls at Cherry and Prescott, Ariz., on October 4, 1935. and September 11, 1947, respectively.

Andricus multicostatus

Quercus subturbinella [turbinella]
Bud galls
Fig 145.