Quercus palmeri
Stem galls
Abrupt swelling at base of lateral branch, 30 mm in dia, covered with a dense layer 5 mm thick of crinkly hairs. Fig 163. Polythalamous.

Unknown gall. On Q-palmeri. Diameter 28 mm., covered with a dense layer five mm. thick of tawny hairs. Polythalamous. San Jacinto Mts. (Dr.Munz).

Trichoteras burnetti Dailey and Sprenger, NEW SPECIES
(Fig. 2)

Host. —Quercus dunnii
Gall. —Yellow, highly pubescent aborted axillary bud or leaf petiole gall; polythalamous with angular basal larval cells; diameter 1.0-3.0 cm.

Trichoteras burnetti
(Andricus burnetti)*
Woolly-gall wasp
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Hosts: Quercus palmeri

Galls of this species are quite distinct, nearly the size of a golf ball and covered with dense golden-brown, bent, twisted, cotton-like mass of hairs like those of H dasydactyli.

Range: Riverside county and Santa Rosa Mountains, CA, northern Baja California, Mexico