24 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.61. 



cus pomiformis Bassett," showing that before Baker left Pomona 

 he recognized that they were the same. 



CALLIKHYTIS QUERCUS-PHELLOS (Osten Sacken). 



Cynips qiiercus-phellos Osten Sacken, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., vol. 1, 1861, 



p. 70. 

 Cynips similis B.\ssett, Proc. Eiit. Soe. Phila., vol. 4, 1865, pp. 346, 350, 379. 



C. quercus-phellos was described from four specimens, reared June 

 29, from Virginia side of Potomac near Washington, the types being 

 deposited in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, from which the 

 United States National Museum obtained a paratype by exchange. 



The United States National Museum has a cotype fly and gall of 

 Bassett's siimlis^ a gift from the American Museum, which cannot be 

 separated from the above, although the galls of siimlls are on Q. Ui^l- 

 folia instead of on Q. pJiellos^ hence slmilh becomes a synonym of the 

 older name. 



The writer has seen what seems to be the same gall on Q. falcata^ 

 hrevifoliaj texcma. lauHfoIia, and niyrtlfolia^ but has never reared 

 adults. 



CALLIRHYTIS TURNERII (Ashmead). 



Cynips iurnerii Ashmead, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 9, 1881, Proc. p. 16. 

 Andricus topiarins Ashmead, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, voL 14, 1887, p. 136. 



C. tunierii was described from three females bred from a woolly 

 flower gall on water oak. Q. nigra. The types are in the United 

 States National Museum, as well as other females and males deter- 

 mined by Ashmead, also from Jacksonville, Florida. Mayr correctly 

 transferred it to CaUirhytls in 1902, aad with its uniform light yel- 

 lowish-brown color, pale venation, and nonciliate front wings in 

 female, the species belongs in that section of the genus which includes 

 most of the flower galls and the acorn stone galls. 



A. topiarius was described from two females, one of which is in the 

 National Museum, the other in Philadelphia. The writer is unable 

 to separate the type from turneni. It was, however, described from 

 a bud gall on post oak, but there would seem to be some mistake here. 

 The type galls are of the same general tj'i^e as those of stropus Ash- 

 mead, foliatus Ashmead, favohirtus Beutenmueller, all of which are 

 on white oaks and give flies which go in the genus Andricus. The type 

 of topiar'ms is closely related to those species of Callirhytis whicli 

 are reared from galls on red oaks. It seems probable that Ashmead 

 has associated the two flies reared with the wrong gall and that it 

 will make for progress to call topianus a synonym of fumerii. 



AMPHIBOLIPS TRIZONATA Ashmead. 



The gall of this species was said to be " in the blossoms of an oak," 

 but no description was given and the host oak unknown. The type 



