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 SUBGENUS ACRASPIS

Fig. 349. Tarsal claw, C. mellea carolina, Richland, N.J., Q. stellata, Kinsey coll. Typical of Ashmead's group Sphaeroteras.

Fig. 350. Tarsal claw, C. mellea compta, paratype, Austin, Texas, Q. stellata, J. T. Patterson no. 138, in Kinsey coll. Claw less distinctly simple.

Fig. 351. C. pezomachoides pezomachoides, Richland, N.J. Q. alba, Kinsey coll. Toothed claw of the species which is type of Acraspis.

Figs. 352-353. Eggs, C. pezomachoides erinacei. Agamic form erinacei (fig. 352) and bisex. form bicolens (fig. 353). Redrawn after Triggerson.

From adults uniformly enlarged to 50. mm., so wing-body ratios may be compared by direct comparisons of wing drawings

Fig. 354. C. arida, holotype, Alpine, Texas, Q. grisea, Kinsey coll.

Fig. 355. C. mellea compta, paratype, Austin, Texas, Q. stellata, J. T. Patterson no. 138, in Kinsey coll.

Fig. 356. C. mellea mellea, holotype, Jacksonville, Florida, Q. stellata var., W. H. Ashmead, in U.S. Nat. Mus.

Fig. 357. C. mellea bifurca, Fender, Georgia, Q. floridana, Kinsey coll. Wing-body ratio = 0.54.

Fig. 358. C. mellea bifurca, holotype, Picayune, Miss., Q. stellata, W. E. Smith, in Kinsey coll. Wing-body ratio = 0.44.

Figs. 359-360. C. mellea bifurca, paratypes, Picayune, Miss., Q. stellata, W. E. Smith, in Kinsey coll. Wing-body ratio = 0.34 (fig. 359) and 0.27 (fig. 360).

Fig. 361. C. conica, holotype, Globe, Ariz., Q. grisea, Kinsey coll.