342 Annals Entomological Society of America [Vol. IV, 



" Agamous female. Length 2.."> mm. Head and thorax ferruginous, 

 closely punctate, and very hairy; presternum and pleura blackish; legs 

 fusco-piceous, the articulations paler. 



"Antenna:' 12-jointed, shorter than the body, the scape fully as lung 

 as the first joint of flagellum. obconical, and much stouter, pedicel one 

 and one-half times as long as thick, 2nd joint of flagellum distinctly 

 longer than cither the 1st or 3rd joint; 4th joint of flagellum a little 

 shorter than the 3rd, the 5th and following joints gradually shortening, 

 the penultimate joint being scarcely longer than thick, the last joint 

 fully as long as the first joint of flagellum, or twice as long as the penulti- 

 mate. Wings abbreviated, narrowed and not extending beyond tip of 

 ncn, the veins dark brown, the marginal cell open, the areolet 

 indicated by the union of the surrounding ncrvures. Abdomen black, 

 polished, pubescent along the sides towards base, and as long as the head 

 and thoiM tier, compressed and viewed from the side it i as 



broad as long, the hypopygium armed at tip with a long spine. 



"Hah>. Los Angeles, California. 



"Type No. 3498, U. S. X. M. 



"Described from .'! female specimens bred Nov. 26 and 29 and 

 Dec. 6, 1892." (W. H. Ashmead). 



I have not seen examples of this species. 



6 CYNIPS L. 



-;t. Nat. ed. 10 (1758), p. 343, 553. 

 I, T. Han f. Ent., vol. 2 (1840), p. 185, 187. 



Cynips, Forster, Verh. Zool I i, vol L9 Abh. (1869), p 131 



Cyi is, G. G I jrnip. (1881 I, p. - 



Diplolepis (pai [i it. Ins., vol. 2 (1762 i 308. 



Agamic generation. Body densely pubescent throughout, abdomen 

 dorsallj sometimes more or less bare. Antenna' filiform, 12-15 seg- 

 mented, without long, erect hairs. Pronotum narrow in the middle. 

 Parapsidal grooves pereurrcnt. Scutellum with two basal foveas, 

 separated by a median carina. Metanotal ridges parallel. Radial cell 

 open at the margin. Tarsal claws bidentate. 



Cynips canescens (Bass.) 



Holcaspis canescens, H. P. Bassett, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc, vol. 17 (1890), p, 66. 

 Disholca i escens, Dalla Torre and Kieffer, I reich, lief. 24 



Cympida? (1910), p. o7S. 



Female. Reddish brown, eyes, ocelli, tips of mandibles, antenna; 

 distally from Sth segment and a spot on 1st, presternum, 1st abdominal 

 segment, tarsi and ventral valve fuscous to black, clothed with pale 

 grayish pubescence throughout except abdomen dorsally, which is 

 bare. Head faintly rugose, antenna" 14-segmented, filiform, 1st and 

 2nd segments stout, 3rd segment longest, longer than 1 and 2 together, 

 and a little longer than 4th, succeeding segments progressively shorter, 

 the last in spme specimens indistinctly divided and longer than 

 penultimate. Pronotum narrow in the middle, mesonotum punctate, 

 each puncture bearing a hair, parapsidal grooves reaching about half- 

 way to anterior margin, median longitudinal lines extending about 



