274 tii»y, 



Aylax sahaudi, Hart., in Germ. Zeits., 2, 195. 



? Cynips Hieracii murorum, Lin., F. S., 1519 {Galla /aciem 

 muris hirsuii yerif). 



? G. Hieracii, Bouche, Naturg., 164. 



Forms red, hairy, polythalamous galls on the top, or in the middle, 

 of the stems of Hieracium horeale and sabaudium. Found in Scotland 

 and near Scarborough by Mr. P. Inchbald, who sent me the insects for 

 determination. He has described the gall, and given Hartig's diagnosis 

 from a copy which I sent him, at p. 46 of Vol. ii. of this Magazine. 



Aulax Brandtii, Eatz. 



Black ; antennsB of the ^ testaceous, the two first joints and the 



last black ; of the $ fuscous, paler at the tips, the scape black. Sides 



of the thorax aciculated. Legs ferruginous ; coxse and the tips of the 



tarsi black. ^ ? . Long. 1 lin. 



Aylax Brandtii, Eatz., in Brandt and Eatz. Darstell. d. offic. 

 Thiere ; Hart,, in Germ. Zeits., 2, 196. 



I have no specimens, but admit the species as British on the 

 authority of "Westwood, Eose Insects, in G-ardener's Magazine of Bo- 

 tany, 1850, Vol. i., p. 193, &c. The insects named A. Brandtii by 

 Forster, in Mr. Walker's collection, do not answer to Hartig's diagnosis 

 given above, and are probably of the genus Synergus. They appear to 

 be identical with Cyni^js rosee spinosissimce, Inchbald, Zoologist, xix., 

 p. 7824 — which is not to be confounded with Bkodites spinosissimce, 

 Giraud, Verb. d. Zool. bot. Gesellsch. in Wien, 1859, p. 367. The 

 latter inhabits small red galls armed with several spinous projections ; 

 the galls described by Mr. Inchbald are smooth. Giraud's insect is 

 doubtless British, as I have several times found the galls, but failed to 

 obtain from them anything but a Synergus. Aulax Brandtii is a para- 

 site of BJiodites rosce, thus connecting by its habits the present with the 

 following genus. 



ii. Disc of the mesothorax coriaceous, obscurely shining. 



Aulax glechomatis. Hart. 



Black ; the 14-jointed antennsB and legs chestnut-red ; coxro and 



base of femora obscure ; antenn;© with the two basal joints black, but 



paler at the apex ; wings hyaline, with blackish nervures ; areolet 



wanting. Medial lobe of the mesothorax with two anterior longitudinal 



furrows, obsolete before the middle. Scutellum rugose. Base of the 



2nd segment narrowly ferruginous. 



? . Long. \% — 2 ; alar. exp. 3 lin. 



