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4. Scutelluin with a fovea at base; third abdominal segment longer than the 

 second ........ Glyptoxysta Thomson 



(Type G. heterocera Thoms.) 

 Scutellum without a fovea at base ; third abdominal segment much shorter than 

 the second ......... AUoxysta Forster 



(Type Xystus macrophadnus Hartig.) 



5. Wings abbreviated, not or hardly as long as the abdomen ... 6 

 Wings much longer than the abdomen ; antennae in ? 13-jointed, in $ 

 14-jointed. 



Scutellum with one or two foveae at base . . Auloxysta Thomson 



(Type A. nigripes Thomson) 

 Scutellum )iot foveate at base ...... Xystus Hartig 



= Allotria Westwood 

 (Type A. victrix VVestw.) 



6. Antennae in 9 13-jointed, in $ 14-jointed . . . Nephycta Forster 



(Type N. discreta Forst.) 



7. Parapsidal furrows abbreviated ; scutellum ^vithout foveae at base ; antennae in 

 9 13-jointed, in $ 14-jointed . . . . . Hemicrisis Forster 



(Type H. ruficornis Forst.) 

 Parapsidal furrows complete, entire; scutellum luith one. or two foveae at base; 

 antennae in 9 13-jointed, in $ 14-jointed . . Phaenoglyphis Forster 



(Type P. xanthochroa Forst.) 



Family LIX. — Cynipidae. 



1840. Cynipides, Familie (partim), Hartig, Zeitsch. f. ent., bd. 2, p. 1S7. 



1869. Cynipoidae, Familie (partim), Forster, Verh. zool.-bot. gesell. Wien, bd. 19, 



iP- 329- 



.1877. Cynipina, Sub-familia (partim), Thomson, Opus, ent., fasc. 8, p. 778. 



3897. Cynipinae, 2e Tribu (partim), Kiefifer, Monogr. des cynipides d' Eur., torn, 

 a, p. 54. 



1902. Cynipidae, Subfamille (partim), Dalla Torre et Kieffer, Wytsman's Gen. 

 Insectorum, p. 42. 



To this family, as I have restricted it, belong all the genuine gall-makers, the 

 gall-inhaling species {Syne?-gifiae), and the Ibaliinae, the latter representing a small 

 group of parasites. The gall-makers and gall-inhaling species are very numerous, 

 closely resemble each other, often living side by side together in the same galls, 

 and are separated with difficulty, the experienced eye alone being able to detect 

 the difference. They produce galls or live in galls, on various trees and plants, 



