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oblong and very convex body, and the female is 

 provided with a peculiar apparatus for egg-laying, the 

 ovipositor, a slender hair-like ' tube, which when not 



FIG. 9. Galls of Cynips insana, or Dead Sea Apples. 



in action is coiled up, spiral fashion, within the 

 abdomen. During spring and summer, when vegeta- 

 tion is in full sap, is the time for depositing the eggs. 

 Having selected a proper spot, the "fly" straightens 



