cS [June, 
Gynips fecundatrix, Hart. 
Brownisb-black, the knees, two basal spots on the sides of the 
abdomen, and the apex, ferruginous. First segment of the abdomen 
forming frds of its entire length. $ . Long. 2 lin. 
G. fecundatrix, Hart., Germ. Zeits., 3, p. 334 (the diagnosis 
given by Hartig, ibid., 2, p. 189, belongs to G. radicis). 
Gall raonothalamous, surrounded by an imbricated covering formed 
of the distorted and unnaturally developed leaves of the oak bud ; well 
figured by Eatzeburg, die Forstins., 3, tab. 5, fig. 11. Linne described 
the galls, and one of their parasites is his C. quercus-gemmce, probably a 
Synergus. These galls are abundant throughout the country, but I have 
never succeeded in rearing the Gynips, and do not possess a specimen. 
Gynips ramuli, Lin. 
Minute, ferruginous, the abdomen black. Thorax scarcely villose, 
with three or four brown lines between the discal sutures. Scutellum 
surrounded with brown. Wings hairy, appearing to be dotted all over 
with minute black points. Antennas 15-jointed ; ,^ . The 5 has 
14-jointed antennae, the abdomen larger, and the basal segment only 
black. Long, f ; alar. exp. 2|- lin. 
G. quercus-ramuli. Curt., in Gardener's Chronicle, 1844, p. 
476, fig. 
Unknown to Hartig, who only quotes the Linnean description, 
and conjectures that the insect is Teras terminalis. The circumstance 
that both sexes of this species are discovered is interesting, and signi- 
ficative as regards the supposed absence of males in the other species 
of Gynips proper. C. ramuli makes a near approach to Andricus in con- 
formation, having the thorax nearly glabrous. The galls resemble small 
balls of white raw cotton attached to the twigs of the oak. They are 
poly thai amous, and disclose the flies at the latter end of June. I am 
indebted for a gall, which produced seven specimens (6 ?, 1 cJ), to 
Mr. P. Inchbald. In Mr. Walker's collection I find a great number, 
taken near Chepstow. 
The above five species are all that I have been able to collect in 
England of the genus Gyjiips as now restricted. Hartig describes 28. 
There is a single large Gynips in Mr. Walker's collection, apparently 
British, which I cannot identify. It° resembles G. radicis, but has a 
compressed abdomen, and is otherwise different. It is useless to speak 
of it without better information. 
Milford ; May, 1867. 
