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Mr. Ulke having been so fortunate as to capture several specimens 
(identical with my type) in the neighborhood of Altoona, Penn., this 
summer;—and what is more to the purpose, I am authorized by that 
gentleman to say that he considers it a good species, and that he has 
pointed out to Dr. LeConte wherein it differs from the allied species of 
the genus. 
As this is a matter of some importance to me—a neophyte in the 
Science of Entomology—is it asking too much of Dr. LeConte to take 
an early opportunity of giving my bantling its proper place among its 
brothers and sisters in the beautiful Cychrus-family ? 
Descriptions of several supposed new species of CYNIPS, witli remarks on the 
formation of certain Galls. 
BY H. F. BASSETT. 
The gall insects described in this paper were, with some other spe¬ 
cies, reared from galls collected during the past year in the vicinity of 
Waterbury, Ct. 
As I have not had an opportunity to compare mine with the named 
species in any collection, it is possible some of them may have been 
described before. 
Descriptions of several other species are withheld until another sea¬ 
son shall give me opportunity for further observations on their habits. 
Quercus Rubra. A smoothish, duh-shojjed^ woody knot^ four 
inches long^ and an inch and a half in diameter at the upper and 
largest end^ completely encircling a branch half an inch in diameter. 
This gall was cut from a very young and thrifty oak, April 11th. 
The flies were then fully grown and began to appear in less than a 
week. No other galls were noticed at the time, but now (Oct.) there 
are several of this year’s growth,—some larger and others much smaller 
than the one described. The new galls were fully grown the middle 
of June, but no larvae could be detected then. The larvae are now, 
however, well developed. 
There are hundreds of other oak trees of the same species near this 
one, but I have not been able to find any similar galls upon them. 
