﻿PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



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Vol.102 Wa.hington:l952 No. 3304 



NEW AMERICAN CYNIPID WASPS FROM GALLS 



B}' Lewis H. Weld 



Tw'ENTY-FouR new species of cynipids and their galls and two 

 inquilines are described herein, together with some notes on biology 

 and synonymy. One new generic name is proposed for three described 

 gall-making species from the Pacific coast. 



Types of the new species are in the United States National Museum 

 (U.S.N.M.). Paratypes are deposited in institutions that are indi- 

 cated by the following abbreviations: the American Museum of 

 Natural History (A.M.N.H.), the Chicago Museum of Natural His- 

 tory (C.M.N.H.), the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 

 (A.N.S.P.), the California Academy of Sciences' (C.A.S.), the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology (M.C.Z) , Cornell University (C.U.) , 

 the Illinois Natural History Survey (I.N.H.S.), and the University 

 of Utah Museum (U.U.M.). 



Genus SAPHONECRUS Dalla Torre and Kieffer 



SAPHONECRUS BREVICORNIS (Ashitiead), new combination 



Synergus ircvicornis Ashmead, Trans. Aiuer. Ent. Soc, vol. 23, p. 189, 1896. 



The types have the radial cell open; hence the species belongs in 

 Saphonecriis. 



Genus SYNOPHRUS Hartig 



SYNOPHRUS MEXICANUS (Gillette) 



Synergus mexicana Gillette, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., vol. 23, pp. 90, 96, 1896. 

 The type, in the U. S. National Museum, has the petiole smooth and 



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