20. Sir S. S. Saunders' descriptions 



CYNIPID^, Westw. 

 SYCOPHAGIDES. 



Division 1. Prionastomata. 

 Blastophaga, Grav. (Cynips, Hasselq.,Linn., Fab., Latr.). 

 Sp. 1. B.ficus, Hasselq. ; C. psenes, Linn. ; B. syco- 



mori, Westw. 

 Sp. 2. B. caricce, Hasselq. ; C. psenes, Linn. 

 Sp. 3. B. gros&orum, Grav. 



Agaon, Dalman. 



Sp. 1. A. paradoxum, Dalm. 

 Sycocrypta, Coquerel. 



Sp. 1. S. cceea, Coq. 

 Eupristina, n. g. 



Sp. 1. E. masoni, n. s. 

 Pleistodontes, n. g. 



Sp. 1. P. imperialis, n. s. 

 Kradibia, n. g. 



Sp. 1. K. cowani, n. s. 



Division 2. Aploastomata. 

 Sycophaga, Westiv. (Cynips, Hasselq., Linn., Fab.). 

 Sp. 1. S. sycomori, Linn. ; C. cycomori, Hasselq. 

 S. crassipes, Westw. 



Apocrypta, Coquerel. (Sycophaga, Westiv.). 

 Sp. 1. A. paradoxa, Coq. 

 Sp. 2. A. perplexa, Coq. 



Kradibia cowani. 

 This new genus and species has been obtained from 

 some small figs brought to this country from Madagascar 

 by the Rev. W. Deans Cowan, who states that they were 

 found in the Forest of Fianarantsoa, in the south- 

 central district of ■ the island, about four miles from 

 Antananarivo, the capital. Mr. Cowan explains that, so 

 far as he can recollect, "the tree was very high, about 

 nine inches in diameter, and the fruit of a strawberry- 

 red colour, attached to the trunk at nearly the whole 



H., had proved very troublesome to children sleeping on the bed, 

 their bites or stings being followed by considerable irritation, which 

 lasted several days ; so numerous were tbe insects that it was found 

 necessary to empty the bed-tick and burn the straw." 



