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entirely rufous except at the base ; the abdomen may 

 be more or less rufous and punctured at the base ; 

 the quantity of testaceous or rufous colour on the 

 antennae varies, and, as in most of the species, the 

 size and deepness of the puncturing varies. 



In this country it has only been reared from the 

 galls of G. Kollari, but on the Continent it frequents 

 the galls of Gynips argentea, G. hungarica, G. tinctoria, 

 G. lignicola, G. conglomerate/,, G. glutinosa, G. coriaria, 

 G. polycera, G. caliciformis, G. amblycera, G. caput- 

 medusm, G. calicis ; Aphiloihrix gemmse, A. lucida, 

 and A. Glementinse. 



Rare in this country. Clydesdale. London district 

 (Billups), Devonshire (Bignell). 



Continental distribution : Austria and Hungary, 

 Germany. 



2. Syneegus Reinhaedi. 



Synergus Beinhardi, Mayr, Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xxii, 698. 



Black ; the antennae, except at the apex, all the knees, the apex of 

 the front femora, the fore tibia? and tarsi, the middle tibia? and tarsi in 

 front, and more or less of the hind tarsi, rufo-testaceous ; wings clear 

 hyaline ; the nervures pallid to the radial cellule, then fuscous ; radial 

 cellule shortish, wide, the radial nervure curved. Vertex closely ru- 

 gosely punctured ; mesonotum coarsely, transversely, rugosely punc- 

 tured in front and laterally, at apex transversely striolated. Facial 

 keel very distinct ; frontal lamina? stout, parallel, not reaching to the 

 hind ocelli. Second antennal joint longer than broad. Nervures 

 fuscous to testaceous. 



Length 2'5 — 35 mm. 



One of the largest species. The '<$ has the second 

 antennal joint longer than thick. 



From galls of G. Kollari in June of the second year ; 

 in Austria found in the galls of Gynips argentea, G. 

 tinctoria, G. glutinosa, G. caliciformis, G. caput-medusse, 

 G. calicis. 



I have taken it in Clydesdale and Sutherlandshire, 

 and Mr. Bignell has bred it at Plymouth. 



Continental distribution : Austria. 



