ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION. IX 



Cynips q. genimaria n. sp. 



Galls. — Numerous, small, oblong, bud-like galls, surrounding a twig 

 or sometimes issuing from the sides of the larger branches, .10-. 12 inch 

 in length by .05 inch in diameter. 



Fly escapes by perforating a hole in the side. 



Gall-fly. — 9 • Length .06-.07 inch. Black, opaque, head and thorax rugosely 

 punctate, punctuation on head very coarse, coarser than on thorax ; antennae 14- 

 jointed, reddish, third joint longest, terminal joint longer than penultimate, with 

 indications of a division, mouth parts reddish yellow ; legs reddish, slightly pu- 

 bescent, femora dark ; parapsidal grooves distinct, seutellum very coarsely rugoso- 

 punctate; wings hyaline, veins yellowish, radial area open, the tip of subcostal 

 touches the costal edge; areolet almost entirely obliterated; abdomen black, 

 smooth and suining. 



Described from thirty 9 bred specimens. 



The following rare gall appears early in April, for a long time my 

 efforts to obtain the gall maker were unsuccessful, as it takes them over 

 a year to develop : 



Cynips q. capsuala n. sp. 



6^<//4-.— Clusters pf from fifteen to thirty elongate ovate, greenish 

 yellow galls, surrounding a terminal twig, sharpened to a point at one 

 end and easily detached. 



At first this gall is fleshy, exactly resembling a green fig, and is cov- 

 ered with a fine silky pubescence. 



When dry the gall is hardly recognizable ; externally it is longitudi- 

 nally ribbed ; interiorly it is divided into twelve longitudinal parchment 

 partitions attached to a central kei'nel like certain Papaveraceous seed pods. 



Gall-fly. — 9. Length .14 inch. Head and thorax black opaque, coarsely ru- 

 gose, head as wide as thorax, short; just back of the ocelli are a number of coarse, 

 deep, transverse rugosities; •«elli brown, vertex coarsely rugoso-punctate, face 

 more finely punctate, two lines or shallow grooves start on vertex between the 

 eyes converging anteriorly to a point just at base of antennce, forming with the 

 vertex a perfect triangle; antennse very close together, 15-jointed, yellowish red 

 third and fourth joints equal in length, about as long as first and second com- 

 bined, joints 5-6-7 subequal, following joints about equal, terminal joints slightly 

 longer, mandibles black; thorax coarsely rugose, a median groove on mesoscutum 

 which does not quite reach the collare, two short grooves start from collare and 

 run back posteriorly to not quite the middle of mesothorax, between the median 

 groove and the parapsides, the latter distinct; seutellum of normal size, oval, bi- 

 foveolate and coarsely rugose, pleura longitudinally grooved with punctures at 

 bottom of the grooves ; legs yellowish red. sparsely pubescent, coxse black: wings 

 hyaline, veins yellowish, radial area open, the tip of subcostal does not reach the 

 costal edge, areolet obliterated. 



Described from seven 9 specimens. 



The above gall has also been found growing in one instance on Q. 

 Coteshxi. 



MONTHLY PROC. ENT. SEC. A. S. N. (2) nECEMBER, 1885. 



