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53) Have found galls of c. q. palustris abundant on two adjoining trees, 1st laurel oak. 2nd q. tinctoria. Bred only parasites, but am sure the galls were identical, for kept distinct & bred the same parasites. Next year from galls on q. tinctoria [[underlined]] bred the c. q. palustris, which O.S. bred from that oak. Hence same insect on 3 [[underlined]] different oaks.
Still aciculata & spongifica are confined at R.I. to q. tinctoria [[underlined]].
I suspect all these species are identical, & that the difference in the galls is caused by the difference in the species of oak.
Will they breed transversely, i.e. q. inanis [[underlined]] produce aciculata [[underlined]] on black oak, & q. spongifica [[underlined]] produce centricola on white oak? Try it. [[sentence double underlined]] Will, again, aciculata [[underlined]] produce spongifica [[underlined]] on black oak & q. inamis on white oak?  Try it [[sentence double underlined]].
Noticed one or two galls of q. inanis [[word?]] (not spherical) as spongifica.
June 10. Inside central kernel of gall of C. quercus inanis found 3 [[underlined]] white larvae [others of spongifica 7 or 8]
June 11. Took in house a much-worn L. unipuncta 
June 12. Great bulk of eggs on R.R. (Camden) Crab not hatched yet. 2 or 3 small trees killed dead, after
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putting out some leaves. Biggest tree only a few limbs killed. 
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June 13. Placed in a gauze bag on black oak in Dunlap Farm. East of RR & just in the opening in the woods before the old fence, south side [[drawing of location]] of tree, (notches cut on an old dead limb) 5 lively [[symbol for female]] Cynips q. spongifica & 1 rather weakly [[symbol for male]] ditto. ^could not walk & lay on his side; so B^ June 16 undisturbed. [[symbol for male]] dead 2 [[symbol for female]] alive? June 21 ___________  __________ 4 [[symbol for female]] dead
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June 14. I notice that hitherto all  my galls (except one [[symbol for male]] today) that have produced spongifica [[underlined]] flies have been thin-shelled or = c. q. coccineae. Such galls are brown & ripe now, whereas the hard-shelled & thick-shelled ones are green more or less. Hence I conclude that the difference in the galls is caused by the early or late puncture -- the thin-shelled being the earliest. Similarly (or my theory) the aciculata [[underlined]] galls are very [[underlined]] thick-shelled. There are intermediate grades between the two types of galls. [[drawing]]
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[[Bracket with a "B"]] Gauzed today of c. q.-spongifica 4 lively [[2 symbols for female]] & one sluggish [[symbol for male]], from a separate lot of galls & not in company with any [[symbol for female]]. Place, Lib. 4 maculata Lane (South side) round opening = Snake Place on a young white-oak ^on E side^ on red [[underlined]] oaks 50 to 100 yards off found [[underline next:[[q. inanis galls [[end underline]], placed in a jar by themselves. [[strike: Hence as]] In two instances [June 16 undisturbed 2 [[symbol for female]] dead.] T.O.
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Transcription Notes:
I deleted [[??]] after "centricola". This word is used in similar texts regarding galls and insects. See, e.g, Galls and Insects Producing Them by Melville Thurston Cook. I could not decipher the missing word. It looks like "knerbly."