170 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Descriptions of Oak-galls. Translated from Dr. G. L. Mayr's 

 'Die Mitteleuropaischeii Eichengallen' by Mrs. Hubert 

 Herkomer nee Weise. 



Fig. 12. 



Cynips conifica. 



a. Seen from above. c. Sideways. 



1). From below. d. In section. 



12. Cynips conifica. — This rare gall is found on the branches 

 (several years old) of Quercus pedunculata and Q. pubescens. 

 It is more or less regularly conical, and is much rounded off 

 at the top, and measures ten or twelve millemetres in height 

 and in thickness at the base. The latter has usually some 

 short, stout processes, which are firmly attached to the 

 branch. Its colour is brown, the surface being covered with 

 short, white stellate hairs, intermixed with longitudinal 

 furrows. These latter are somewhat raised, and by them 

 the gall is more or less reticulated. The interior of the gall, 

 when dried, appears to consist of a light brown, spongy 

 reticulation, which closely surrounds the large, whitish 

 yellow woody inner gall, which is situated at the base of the 

 outer one. Hitherto I have received but a single specimen 

 of the perfect insect. It emerged in March. — G. L. Mayr. 



13. Apirilothrix serotina. — Of this delicate gall, which in 

 outward appearance bears a resemblance to that of A. lucida, 

 I have only seen two specimens, which were given to me by 



