Kinsey: Gall Wasp Genus Cynips 
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Australiensis Kieffer, 1906, Marcellia 5: 105. Dryophanta in orig. 
publ. Diplolepis of later authors. From the original publication the 
insect appears to have the mesonotum smooth, shining, and nearly 
naked, an elongate radial cell, the cubitus lacking, and a strongly com- 
pressed abdomen, which are not true Cynips characters. The description 
of the hypopygial spine as “wide, hardly longer than wide, with erect 
and long hairs,” would apply to a true Cynips. The insect came from 
New South Wales. Until material can be examined, or until we know 
more of the fauna of that region, the non -Cynips characters seem too 
many to warrant including the species in our present monograph. 
Bedeguaris Fourcroy, 1785, Ent. Paris: 392. Diplolepis in orig. 
publ. and later authors. Obviously from a rose gall, the insect probably 
an inquiline. 
Brunneipes Ashmead, 1904, Journ. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 12 : 80. Dryophanta 
in orig. publ. Diplolepis of authors. I have examined the holotype at 
the National Museum. The hypopygial spine is slender, needle-like, not 
broadened in any place, without a terminal tuft of hairs, and entirely 
different from a true Cynips. 
Caepula Weld, 1926, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 68 (10): 19. Diplolepis 
in orig. publ. I have studied the holotype and numerous paratypes. 
The agamic insect is quite small, the mesonotum coriaceous and nearly 
naked, the hypopygial spine slender, needle-like, and without a terminal 
tuft of hairs, and the wings perfectly clear with fine veins and a very 
faint base to the cubitus. The gall is a hollow cone with the larval cell 
at bottom. The agamic insect emerges in April. None of these are 
true Cynips characters. 
Californica Beutenmiiller, 1911, Ent. News 22: 69. Philonix in orig. 
publ. Biorhiza and Xanthoteras of some authors. I have studied the 
holotypes and paratypes. The insects belong to the discus group and 
are ruled out of true Cynips on the same basis as discus (q.v.). 
Capillata Weld, 1926, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 68 (10): 20. Diplolepis 
in orig. publ. I have studied the holotypes and most of the paratypes. 
The mesonotum is coriaceous to polished and almost naked, the hypo- 
pygial spine is slender, needle-like* and without a terminal tuft of hairs. 
The agamic galls are very small, pubescent, occurring in clusters. The 
adults do not emerge the first y6ar. These characters rule it out of 
true Cynips. 
Cinereae Ashmead, 1887, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 14: 129, 144. 
Dryophanta in orig. pub. Dryophanta and Diplolepis of later authors. 
I have seen the types which are males. They belong to the palustris 
group of insects and are ruled out of true Cynips on the same basis. 
See palustris in this list. 
Clarkei Bassett, 1890, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 17:69. Dryophanta 
in orig. publ. Dryophanta and Diplolepis of later authors. I have seen 
the holotype and several paratypes in the Philadelphia Academy and 
other collections. This bisexual insect has a blunt hypopygial spine 
