Vol. XXli] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 67 



Descriptions of New Species of Cynipidae (Hym.)- 



By WILLIAM BEUTENMULLER, American Museum of Natural 



History, New York. 



Dryophanta clavula, sp. nov. 



Female. Head rufous, infuscated along the face and on the vertex 

 around the ocelli,, evenly and finely reticulately punctate, sparsely 

 hairy, eyes black. Antennae i4-jointed, first joint stout, short, second 

 joint much smaller and stout, third to sixth joints long and slender, 

 third longest; remaining joints short and subequal, dusky brown, some- 

 what darker toward the tip. Thorax pitchy brown, rufous posteriorly 

 and anteriorly at the sides, microscopically pitted, especially anteriorly, 

 shining and with scattered decumbent, yellowish hairs. Parapsidal 

 grooves deep and distinct, widely separated anteriorly and running 

 obliquely backward to the scutellum, where they are close together. 

 Median groove wanting. Anterior parallel lines broad, shining, smooth 

 and scarcely extending to the middle of the thorax. Grooves at base 

 of wings scarcely evident. Scutellum subopaque, dull rufous, finely 

 and evenly rugose with an almost imperceptible basal groove. Abdo- 

 men pitchy brown, somewhat rufous ventrally, smooth, shining ; ventral 

 sheath yellowish with long hairs. Legs dull yellowish brown with 

 short hairs. Wings hyaline, pubescent, veins brown, heavily marked, 

 especially the cross-veins ; apical region with about seven small brown 

 dots and a larger brown patch, and with three large brown clouds 

 about the middle of the wings. Radial area closed with the veins 

 thickened at the costa. Areolet present. Cubitus faint and extending 

 to the first cross-vein. Length 1.5-2 mm. 



Gall. On the under side of the leaves of a species of white oak 

 (probably Qucrcus douglasi). -Monothalamous. Narrow and almost 

 parallel to about the middle, thence suddenly becoming inflated into 

 a club with the apex pointed. At the extreme base it is slightly broader 

 and is attached by a point to the leaf. The gall very much resembles 

 a miniature Indian club in shape. Brown in color, and the larva lives 

 in the inflated part of the gall in a rounded cell. Length, 5-7 mm. ; 

 width of narrow part, I mm., of thickened part, 1.75 mm. 



Habitat: California (Napa and Sonoma Countries). De- 

 scribed from twelve specimens. 



Type Collection U. S. National Museum. 



Dryophanta multipunctata sp. nov. 



Female. Head yellowish brown, face broadly infuscated, eyes and 

 ocelli black, microscopically, evenly granulose and pubescent. Antennae 

 J4-jointed, first joint stout, second joint stout and much shorter than 



