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nuinber of the Chalcids which affect the wild fig in Plorida. 
Your specimens, so far as they can be obtained from the dried 
galls, differ in every case specifically from those found in 
Florida, I found four different species in your fig, viz:- 
1, Blastophaga /^apparently congeneric with the species 
from southern Florida but specifica3.1y distinct. 
2, Another wingless form, generically distinct from No, 1, 
3, A winged form belonging either to No.l or No, 2. 
4, A Ghalcid parasite, also distinct fron the species 
found in Florida, 
I do not quite understand what yo\i mean by the "gall form of the 
pistillate flower". Do you have reference to a true fruit? The 
subject of the insects associated with the caprification of the 
fig is a very interesting one, and has been much written upon by 
European authors, and there are a whole number of curious fbrms 
associated in this work. So far as I have examined the specimens 
none of our American forms are specifically identical with those 
occurring in Europe, though several of them are referable to the 
same genera. 
Again thanking you for the specimens, and for the 
interesting information, believe me. 
Yours sincerely, 
