Pontania californica, new species

Gall. — Gall of the type desmodioides, not differing in the dried specimens in any noticeable manner from the latter. Length 8 to 12 mm. Normally but one gall occurs on a leaf. The galls were received from Mr. H. T. Turner, Eastlake, Cal., August 26, 1883, and the adults issued between September 18, 1883, and March 24, 1884.

Nine females and 3 males, 8 of which — 6 females and 2 males — were reared from willow-leaf galls collected by Mr. Turner in California. (Coll. U. S. Nat, Mus.)

One male collected at Alameda, Cal., in March by Mr. Koebele, and the others collected in Southern California, (Colls. U. S. Nat, Mus. and Am. Ent. Soc.)

- Charles Lester Marlatt: (1896) Revision of the Nematina of North America, a Sub-family of Leaf-feeding Hymenoptera of the Family Tenthredinidae^©

Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52142981#page/118/mode/1up