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occupying the entire width and about two-thirds of 

 the length of the irregular hollow chamber formed by 

 the swollen base of the stem in which they are con- 

 tained, the outer walls of the gall-cells and the inner 

 walls of the gall chamber being adnate for (approxi- 

 mately) half the cell surface. The gall- cells are not 

 quite an eighth of an inch in length, and were deserted 

 when I found the specimen — the only one which I 

 have seen of this kind, and differing so much from any 

 normal state of bud-gall with which I am acquainted, 

 that possibly a figure may be of some interest." 



In the E. M. M., iv, p. 146, there is the following 

 note from the Rev. T. A. Marshall :— " Among the 

 insects referred to is a genuine Gynips reared by Mr. 

 Parfitt from ' woody galls near the base of oaks. 5 " 

 Although no existing description fits this specimen, it 

 may be the G. ilicis of Fabr. (S. Piez., 145, No. 10 : 

 " Atra, nitida, thorace pedibusque pallide flavis"). 



Cynips ? 



" Head, prothorax, and scutellum rufo-testaceous, 

 coriaceous, hardly pubescent; declivity of the meta- 

 thorax and the abdomen black. Legs testaceous; 

 coxae and a line on the middle and hinder femora and 

 tibiae blackish ; tarsi broken off. Antennae 14- 

 jointed, testaceous, the last four or five joints black. 

 Byes fuscous. Head large, as broad as the pro- 

 thorax, subrugose. Prothorax transversely rugose, 

 the parapsidum suturse very distinct. Scutellum 

 coarsely rugose-punctate, red, bordered all round 

 with black ; in the black hinder margin are two 

 smooth foveolae. Abdomen two-thirds as broad as 

 the thorax, raised and compressed at the apex, which 

 forms a sharp carina above ; shining black, reddish 

 laterally at the base. Ovipositor testaceous. Wings 

 hyaline, the nervules pale testaceous, except the 

 apical half of the subcostal, the basal transverse vein, 



