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the same material sent to Prof. KiefYer for description of clair- 

 nwntis. 



Odontocynips nebulosa Kieft'er. 



Odontocynips nebulosa Kieffer, Boll. Lab. Agricol. Portici, vol. IV, 

 IQIO, p. 112. 



This species was heretofore known only by the types 

 from Georgia and Texas in the Berlin Zoological Museum and 

 was unknown to American collectors until Prof. E. P. Felt 

 sent me specimens of the flies and galls taken at \Yoodstock, 

 Georgia, in February, 1917, on the roots of oak. Air. Lewis 

 H. Weld was fortunate enough to collect the galls on the roots 

 of Post oak (Qucrcus minor} at Palestine, Texas, Oct. 16, 

 1917, and sent me specimens from which 1 obtained a fine 

 series of females. These were cut from the galls in December 

 while others emerged January I9th to February 26th, 1918 (in- 

 doors), and others are still in the galls. The gall is composed 

 of large, rounded, hard, woody nodulus, closely grown together, 

 so as to form a large mass, while others are single or in clus- 

 ters. Each nodule contains a single large larval chamber. The 

 fly is a beautiful creature. It is deep brownish black or almost 

 black and covered with fine, silky, whitish hairs. The wings 

 are marked with large blackish patches. The genus is allied 

 to Cynips and may be characterized by having a large tooth on 

 the under side of the hind femora. 



Andricus impositus sp. nov. 



$ . Head dark rufous, evenly punctate and clothed with short 

 white hairs. Antennae 13-jointed, pitchy brown-black. 



Thorax black, subopaque, evenly and finely punctate. Parapsidal 

 grooves very fine, not continuous, extending forward to about the ends 

 of the anterior parallel lines, and most distinct at the scutelhun. 

 Median groove very fine and about as long as the parapsidal grooves. 

 Lateral grooves scarcely defined. Anterior parallel lines shining and 

 extending to the middle of the thorax. Pleurae punctate, hairy, with 

 a polished, smooth area. Scutellum black, evenly rugoso-punctate, 

 basal fovea large and deep. 



Abdomen black, slightly rufous at the extreme base and tip, smooth. 

 polished and with a rounded patch of whitish hairs on each side at 

 the base. 



