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THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
No. 142.] MAY, MDCCCLXXV. [Prior 6d. 
Descriptions of Oak-galls. Translated from Dr. G. L. Mayr’s 
‘Die Mitteleuropiischen Eichengallen’ by Mrs. HuBert 
HERKOMER née WEISE. 
(Continued from p. 76.) 
Fig. 23 a. 
Cyntps Potycena (and in section). Id. var. SUBTERRANEA. 
23. Cynips polycera, Gir.—This gall is found in the axils of 
the leaves of shrubby specimens of Quercus pubescens, rarely 
on Q. sessiliflora and Q. pedunculata, In the centre it measures 
one centimetre in length, and is of an inverted conical shape. 
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