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beautiful uudeseribed rkynchopkorus beetle. Tke last tke 

 late Mr. Martin Liuell kad intended to describe under tke 

 name of - 



I believe with Dr. Culvert, tkat a name given to a gall 

 alone, witkout a knowledge of tke gall-uiaker, will kold in 

 most cases, but suck descriptions skould be discouraged, since 

 tke identification of galls, witkout tkeir makers, is always at- 

 tended with uncertainty ever afterwards. 



It is so in this case, but tke name given by Mr. Cameron 

 must be retained, and I give below, for tke first time, tke 

 description of its maker, and its parasites. 



Andrieus championi Cameron 



Cyuips ckampioui Cam. Biol. Ceutr. Am. Hyiu I, p. 70. 

 (Gall). 



Gall-fly. ? Length 4.5 mm. Black, tke abdomen and an- 

 terior and middle femora rufous. Head and tkorax rugoso- 

 punctate, clothed with a sparse, glittering pubescence ; abdo- 

 men smooth, polished, im punctate, tke sides of segments 1-7 

 witk sparse glittering hairs, antenna? 14 jointed, long, fili- 

 form, black, the third joint tke longest, more tkan six times as 

 long as (kick, tke following joints to the 13th, gradually short- 

 ening, the 13th joint being scarcely one-third the length of 

 the third joint, the last joint almost as long as 12-13 united. 

 Clypeus rounded at apex. Mandible strong, trideutate, pice- 

 ous black, tke inner tootk minute, tke middle and outr tootk 

 large, subequal. Mesotkorax witk tke parapsidal furrows 

 distinct and posteriorly becoming obliterated just before at- 

 taining tke base of tke scutellum ; a median furrow only 

 slightly or vaguely defined on tke middle of tke disk; ante- 

 riorly close to tke margin are two short,glabrous lines ; while 

 tke scapulae have a long glabrous line ; scutellum rounded, 

 rugose, the fovea? at base with raised lines; metatkorax short, 

 witk too median carimi'. Wings kyaline, tke veins piceous- 

 black, tke vein at base of tke open marginal being short and 

 strongly augulated. Abdomen ovate, as long as tke kead and 

 tkorax united, polisked impunctate except some sparse punc- 

 tures on tkesides of tke seventh segment ; sheaths of ovipositor 

 black, not at all prominent. 



Hab Guauaj uato, Mexi< -o . 



Type, No. 4304 U. S. X. M. 



