CYNIP1D.E. 
Ins. 131 
Mayjr, G. Die Genera der gallenbewohnenden Cynipiden. Wien : 1881, 
8 VO, 38 pp, woodcuts. (Separatabdruck aus dem 20 sten Jahresbe- 
richte der Communal Oberrealschule in I. Bezirk.) 
29 genera, many new, are described in detail, tables of females and 
males being prefixed. A few new species are also described in notes. The 
following known genera are noticed : Pediaspis, Tischb. (= Bathyaspis 
Dorst.), Rhodites^ Hart. (= Ilololexis^ Hart.), PhanaciSy Forst., AulaXy 
Hart. (= Isocolus, EiihothruSy and Liyosthenes, Foi'st.), XestophaneSy Forst., 
Periclistus, Forst., Ceroptres, Hart., Synergus, Hart., Sapholytus, Forst., 
SynophruSy Hart., Diastrophus, Hart., Ainphiholips, Reinh., AndricuSy 
Hart. (= Callirrhytis and AphilotriXy Forst.), Cynips, L., Trigonaspisy 
Hart. (= Biorrhiza, pt. Westw.), Biorrhizay Westw. (= Apophyllus and 
TeraSy Hart., and DryoteruSy Forst.), Dryocosmus, Gir. ( = Eutrophay 
Forst.) ; Dryophantay Forst. (= Liodoray sp.), and NeuroteruSy Hart. 
(= Spathogaster, Hart., AmeristuSy Forst., and M under sljerniay Rad.). 
Remarks on Cynipidce ; Bassett & Riley, Rep. E. Soc. Ont. p. 17. 
Notes on Oak-galls in the Quercetum of the Royal Botanic Garden, 
Kew ; R. A. Rolfe, Ent. xiv. pp. 54-68. 
On Caprification and Fig-Insects ; S. S. Saunders, P. Holmesdale Club, 
1879-80, pp. 45-49, and P. E. Soc. 1881, pp. xx.xiii.-xxxv. 
Cynips psenes and sycom,oriy Linn. Types discussed ; with remarks on 
allied species. Blastophaga sycomoriy Westw., = ficus, Linn., and Syco- 
phaga crassipes, Westw., = sycomoriy Linn.; Waterhouse and Saunders, 
P. E. Soc. 1881, pp. xli.-xlv. \_Cf. also Saunders, 1. c. pp. xxxiii.-xxxv., 
and Cohn, JB. scldes. Gcs. liii. pp. 189 & 190.] 
Aphilothrix laricis. Hart., figs. 2, 2d, and mayri, Wachtl, figs. 3, 3c, 
discussed and galls figured ; Synergus melanopus. Hart., and Decatoma 
signatUy Nees, are parasites on Aphilothrix ; Cynips corruptrix, Schlecht., 
figs. 5, 5c, and amhlycera, Gir., figs. 6, 6c, differentiated : Wachtl, MT. 
forstl-Yersuchsweseu Osterr. ii. pp. 91-98, pi. ii. 
Cynips, sp. Gall from Quercus puhescens noticed ; Fairmaire, Bull. 
Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) i. p. clix. C. Icollari : Coniopteryx tineiformis. Curt., and 
Cemiostoma wailesella, Staint., bred from the galls ; Fletcher, Ent. xiv. 
p. 21. C. quercus -catifornicUy Bassett {vide infrp), is one of the largest 
galls of North America ; it is always infested by Ozognathus {Anohiurn) 
cornutuSy Lee. ; Riley, Am. Nat. xv. pp. 402 & 403. 
Andricus ramuli, Linn. Grapholitha corticana, Hiibn., bred from its 
gall ; Six, Tijdschr. Ent. xxiv. pp. 7 & 8. 
Aulax scorzonerm, Gir., lives in galls growing on water-mint in ditches 
on the Island of Sylt. The frequent submersion of the galls does not 
interfere with the development of the perfect insect. Joseph, JB.-schles. 
Ges. Iviii. p. 114. 
New genera and species : — 
Eschatocerusy Mayr, Gen. Cynip. p. 13. Type, E. acacice, sp. n., L c. 
p. 14, woodcut (fore-wing), Uruguay. 
Belenocnema, id. 1. c. p. 16. Type, B. treatce, sp. n., t. c. p. 17, note, 
woodcut (fore-wing), Florida. 
