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Cynips q. punctata n. sp. 
9 . Head and thorax black, face pubescent, palpi ligdit-brown, tips darker : 
antennse reddish-brown at the base, gradually deepening to a dull dark brown. 
14-jointed. Thorax finely and beautifully punctate; three longitudinal 
grooves, converging towards the scutellum and a short groove on each side of 
the middle one, reaching half-way from the collare to the scutellum, also a 
short, shallow groove or depression over the base of the wings. Scutellum with 
coarse, irregular pits or punctures. Legs reddish-brown, coxte and tips of tarsi 
dark brown or black. Dorsal portion of the abdomen black, ventral, reddish- 
brown, 2nd segment has a few scattered hairs beneath the wings, others (ex¬ 
cept the first) minutely punctate. Wings hyaline : veins brown, rather slen¬ 
der; areolet small, distinct; radial area not closed. Length 0.15. 
Among a hundred specimens, I have not been able to find any males. 
Galls found on Quercus Rubra, attached tro the underside of the 
leaves ; glohidai% varying in size from 4 to f of an inch in diameter, 
of the color of a white grape ; sour.^ succulent ; of the consistence (fa 
green grape., and so TRANSLUCENT that the single cell in the centre can 
he seen when held, up to the sunlight. 
It is singularly distinct from any others I have met with or seen a 
description of. My specimens were found on the 20th of June, and 
the flies appeared the 1st week in July. 
Cynips q. sculptus n. sp. 
9 ■ Head black, irregularly and coai’sely sculptured, face sparingly pubes¬ 
cent; eyes and ocelli prominent; antennae black, very long, 13-jointed. l.sif 
and joints very short, Zd very long, the others gradually decreasing in length to 
the Voth. which equals the iWi and 12th. Thorax black, very deeply and irregu- 
la.rly sculptured, jiubescent, the pubescence can be seen without a magnifier. 
Abdomen black, the entire surface mieroscropically punctate, 2nd segment 
hairy beneath the wings. Legs honey yellow, coxae black, tarsi brownish. 
smoky brown, somewhat clouded: veins dark red, stopj^ing rather ab¬ 
ruptly before reaching the margin, areolet distinct, elongated; radial area nar¬ 
row, the sides almost parallel. Length 0.20. 2 specimens. 
The has 15 jointed antennae, the third rather deeply incised; legs dark, 
reddish-brown, the posterior pair nearly black, all are rather lighter at the 
joints. Wings, and even the veins, hyaline. (The specimens may be immature.) 
The veins can be traced only in a very favorable light. Length 0.16. 2 spe¬ 
cimens. 
I have met with the galls but twice, the last time in the month of 
July. The flies had escaped but the cells in one or two were filled 
with numerous larvae of some other insect. 
Quercus Montana. Clah-shaped galls on the petioles of the leaves 
h(df an inch in diameter., hard and woody when ftdly matured. 
