Callirhytis blastophaga

Quercus cinerea [incana]
Flower galls
"Minute, smooth, oval cells on the staminate flowers." Type galls are poitned at end and pubescent under a lens. Adults bred in May. Type host. Included from literature.

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Q cinerea [incana]. A filament gall pointed at end like Fig 288 [Callirhytis florensis]. Reared in May.

Andricus blastophagus n. sp.

Galls. — Minute, smooth, oval galls the size of an entomological pin-head, occurring on the aments or blossoms ; they are so small as to be easily mistaken for the ovaries.

This interesting little insect is described from several specimens bred in May, 1886.