328 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov.,'l8 



Fitch's type of Biorhiza nigra is in the United States Na- 

 tional Museum and not lost as stated by me in my paper on 

 the species of Biorhiza, Philoni.v and Allied Genera, and their 

 Galls (Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., Vol. XXVI, 1909, p. 

 246). I examined the type a few years ago and my notes 

 say that it is the same as Acra-spis politus Bassett. 



Philonix fulvicollis Fitch. 



Philoni.v fuhncollis Fitch, 5th Rep. Nox. Ins. N. Y. (Trans. N. Y. 

 Agricul. Soc., 1858 (1859), p. 783). 



Cynips q. erinacei Walsh, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., vol. II, 1864, p. 483 

 (gall only). 



Philoni.v erinacei Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 

 XXVI, 1909, p. 247. 



The type of Philonix fuhncollis Fitch, is in the United 

 States National Museum and Pliiloni.v erinacei is the same as 

 P. fulvicollis. 



Philonix nigricollis Fitch. 



Philonix nigricollis Fitch; sth Rep. Nox. Ins. N. Y. (Trans. N. Y. 

 Agricul. Soc., 1858 (1859), p. 873). 



The type of P. nigricollis is in the U. S. National Museum. 

 It is a small, slender species, measuring 2 mm. in length. It 

 is dark reddish brown with the collar darker and the legs 

 yellowish brown. 



Philonix lanaeglobuli (Ashmead). 



Acraspis lanaeglobuli Ashmead. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., vol. XI \ T , 

 1887, pp. 128, 139. 



I examined the type of lanaeglobuli in the U. S. National 

 Museum and also have before me an example given to me 

 many years ago by Ashmead. I strongly suspect that Acraspis 

 gillettei Bassett will prove to be the same as lanaeglobuli. 

 The galls of both are also exactly similar. 



Callirhytis agrifoliae (Bassett). 



Cynips q. agrifoliae Bassett. Can. Ent., vol. XIII, 1881, p. 53. 

 Callirhytis clairmontis Kieffer. Invert. Pacifica, vol. I, 1904, p. 43. 



Mr. C. F. Baker kindly sent me specimens of Callirh\tis 

 clairmontis, galls and flies and I find the same to be identical 

 with Callirhytis agrifoliae. Mr. Baker's specimens are from 



