THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
No. 143.] JUNE, MDCCCLXXY. [Price 6d. 
Descriptions of Oak-galls. Translated from Dr. G. L. Mayr’s 
‘Die Mitteleuropaischen Eichengallen’ by Mrs. HuBERT 
HERKOMER née WEISE. 
(Continued from p. 99.) 
25. Cynips amblycera, Gir. (C. cor- Fig. 25. 
ruptrix, Schlechtendal).—This small GEER 
gall, four to five wmillemetres long, ; 
consists of a short, cylindrical part, & : 
which contains the larva-cell: this part aay” 
bears two or three oblique, stout, short, : 
conical projections, which are either , Aj 
turned upward and outward, or only \S4 
outward. At the point opposite the 
basal attachment we generally find a 
small wart, which is surrounded by a 
dense, woolly, short crown of hairs (in 
those specimens which have three cones 
the wart is in the centre of these three). 
The surface of the gall is red-brown 
and smooth. In section it shows a large, 
thin inner-gall, which is grown together 
with the thin wall of the cylindrical part of the gall, 
and does not extend into the cones, these being filled with a 
moderately dense parenchyma. The fly appears in May of 
the next year.—G. L. Mayr. 
This species has not been found in Britain; Synergus 
melanopus occurs in its gall as an inquiline.—Z. A. Fitch. 
26. Cynips galeata, Gir.—The beautiful little gall consists 
of two parts, one placed upon the other, and tightly drawn 
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CyYNIPS AMBLYCERA 
(C. CORRUPTRIX). 
