IN S E C TS. 
ORDER 
HYMENOPTEllA. 
. CYNIPS. CYNIPS. 
Generic Character. 
Mouth with jaws, but with- 
out proboscis. 
Piercer or sting spiral, gene- 
rally concealed. 
Vs maxillis absque probo- 
scide. 
Aculeus spiralis, ssepius re- 
conditus. 
X HE insects of this genus pass their larva and 
chrysalis state in those enlargements or tubercles 
so common on various vegetables, and generally 
known by the name of Galls. These galls or 
swellings arise in consequence of the part on 
which they appear having been first punctured by 
