Vol. xxii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 67 
Descriptions of New Species of Cynipidae (Hym.). 
By Witu1aAm BEUTENMULLER, American Museum of Natural 
History, New York. 
Dryophanta clavula, sp. nov. 
Female—Head rufous, infuscated along the face and on the vertex 
around the ocelli, evenly and finely reticulately punctate, sparsely 
hairy, eyes black. Antennae 14-jointed, first joint stout, short, second 
joint much smaller and stout, third to sixth joints long and slender, 
third longest; remaining joints short and subequal, dusky brown, some- 
what darker toward the tip. Thorax pitchy brown, rufous posteriorly 
and anteriorly at the sides, microscopically pitted, especially anteriorly, 
shining and with scattered decumbent, yellowish hairs. Parapsidal 
grooves deep and distinct, widely separated anteriorly and running 
obliquely backward to the scutellum, where they are close together. 
Median groove wanting. Anterior parallel lines broad, shining, smooth 
and scarcely extending to the middle of the thorax. Grooves at base 
of wings scarcely evident. Scutellum subopaque, dull rufous, finely 
and evenly rugose with an almost imperceptible basal groove. Abdo- 
men pitchy brown, somewhat rufous ventrally, smooth, shining; ventral 
sheath yellowish with long hairs. Legs dull yellowish brown with 
short hairs. Wings hyaline, pubescent, veins brown, heavily marked, 
especially the cross-veins; apical region with about seven small brown 
dots and a larger brown patch, and with three large brown clouds 
about the middle of the wings. Radial area closed with the veins 
thickened at the costa. Areolet present. Cubitus faint and extending 
to the first cross-vein. Length 1.5-2 mm. 
Gall—On the under side of the leaves of a species of white oak 
(probably Quercus douglasi). -Monothalamous. Narrow and almost 
parallel to about the middle, thence suddenly becoming inflated into 
a club with the apex pointed. At the extreme base it is slightly broader 
and is attached by a point to the leaf. The gall very much resembles 
a miniature Indian club in shape. Brown in color, and the larva lives 
in the inflated part of the gall in a rounded cell. Length, 5-7 mm.; 
width of narrow part, I mm., of thickened part, 1.75 mm. 
Habitat :—California (Napa and Sonoma Countries). De- 
scribed from twelve specimens. 
Type—Collection U. S. National Museum. 
Dryophanta multipunctata sp. nov. 
Female.——Head yellowish brown, face broadly infuscated, eyes and 
ocelli black, microscopically, evenly granulose and pubescent. Antennae 
14-jointed, first joint stout, second joint stout and much shorter than 
