Pontania bruneri, new species

Gall. — (Frontispiece, fig. 7.) Galls occurring singly on the edges of the leaves of Salix longifolia [exigua], having the form and general characteristics of the gall of P. desmodioides. Length from 7 to 10 mm.; smooth, fleshy gall, extending from the midrib considerably beyond the narrow, linear leaf, with a prominent and distinct suture indicating what was the edge of the leaf; in color yellowish, inclined to reddish. Three females, reared from galls collected by Lawrence Bruner on Robinson's ranch, Wyoming, September 15, 1881. The galls at this time were mostly abandoned, only six of them still containing larvae. Adults issued between February 18 and March 3, 1882. (Coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.)

Pontania bruneri

Salix
Leaf galls

Ovate, smooth, fleshy leaf gall, length .33 inch, on S. longifolia [exigua], sawfly, spring