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30. Scutellum rounded, convex, without distinct foveae at base, altliough there is 

 usually a distinct, arcuate grooved line at base; antennae 14-jointed, of mod- 

 erate length, the flagellar joints 1-6 elongate, 7-1 1 short, rarely much longer 

 than thick ; second abscissa of radius somewhat stout and more or less dilated 

 or thickened at apex (agamous 9 ) • • • • Dryophanta Forster 



(Type Cynips folii Linne.) 

 vScutellum somewhat broader than long, cushion-shaped with transverse furrows 

 or foveae at base, each closed by a carina externally ; antennae 13- or 14-jointed, 

 somewhat shortened and thickened, the pedicel as long as or longer than thick ; 

 second abscissa of the radius not stout, slender towards apex 



Cynips Linne' (Hartig)^ 

 (Type? unknown: C. argentea Hartig) 



31. Thorax neither especially robust nor so highly convex, and never very 

 coarsely rugoso-punctate, more evenly rugulose, coriaceous, or very finely, 

 closely punctate, never wider than the head and often narrower . . 32 

 Thorax very robust, wider than the head, highly convex and very coarsely 

 rugose or scabrous, the parapsidal furrows rarely distinct or complete, being more 

 or less obliterated by the rugosities or coarse sculpture ; scutellum subquadrate 

 or cushion-shaped, a little wider than long, with very large, deep, approximate, 

 transversely wrinkled foveae at base ; claws with a tooth at base beneath ; 

 antennae in 9 13-1 5-jointed, in ^ 15-16-jointed ; front wings fuliginous or 

 with a macula or cloud at base of the marginal cell, or along the basal nervure, 

 rarely entirely hyaline ...... Amphibolips Reinhard 



(Type Cynips spongifica O. S.) 



32. Thorax more or less distinctly narrower than the head, the cheeks less than half 

 the length of the eyes ......... 35 



Thorax at least as wide as the head, the cheeks at least half the length of the 

 eyes or longer. 



Claws of hind tarsi simple, without a tooth at base beneath . . 33 



Claws of hind tarsi with a tooth at base beneath. 



Head not widened behind the eyes, the malar furrow^ distinct ; face 

 closely punctate or coriaceous . . . Callirhytis Forster 



(Type C. hartigii Forster.) 



2yT). Frons normal, 7c/////^;// a median carina ; mesosternum ecarinate . . 34 



Frons excavated, with an elongate median carina; mesosternum elongate with 



' I still retain Cynips Linne, as defined by Hartig, Forster, and Mayr, although the type of tlie genus was probably 

 the wasp now known as Rhoditts rosae L. 



