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168 S. pallicornis Hartig (acc. Mayr 1872). Emerges from April to June in the following year (acc. Riedel 1896).

S. varius Hartig. Emerges in April in the following spring (acc. Dalla Torre and Kieffer 1910).

S. nigripes Hartig and S. flavicornis Hartig, described by Hartig 1840 as from agama, are considered synonymous with S. pallicornis by Dalla Torre and Kieffer 1910).

PARASITES.—Decatoma biguttata (Swederus) (Brischke 1882 acc. Dalla Torre 1898). Emerges the same fall or the following spring (acc. Mayr 1905).

D. variegata Walker (= Eurytoma signata Nees) (Brischke acc. Dalla Torre 1898).

Eupelmus bedeguaris Ratzeburg (Ratzeburg 1852 acc. Dalla Torre 1898).

E. urozonus Dalman (Hartig acc. Dalla Torre 1898).

Eurytoma aethiops Boheman (acc. Blösch 1903).

E. rosae Nees. Emerges from August to December of the same year (acc. Mayr 1878).

Habroeytus saxeseni Ratzeburg (Brischke 1882 acc. Kieffer 1899).

Mesopolobus fasciiventris Westwood (= Pteromalus fasciculatus Förster). (Brischke acc. Dalla Torre 1898).

Ormyrus punctiger Westwood (= Siphonura brevicauda Nees) (acc. Dalla Torre 1898). Emerges in September (acc. Mayr 1904). Pteromalus fuscipalpus Förster (Reinhard 1856 acc. Kieffer 1899). Syntomaspis cyanea (Boheman) (= S . eurynotus (Walker)) (acc. Mayr 1874).

S. druparum (Boheman) (= Torymus pubescens Förster) (Kaltenbach acc. Kieffer 1901).

Torymus abdominalis Boheman (Giraud 1877 acc. Kieffer 1899).

T. cyaneus (Walker) (acc. Blösch 1903).

T. cultriventris Ratzeburg (Brischke 1882 acc. Kieffer 1899).

T. nigricornis Boheman (= T. regius Nees) (acc. Mayr-Fitch 1876).

The galls of this species are not as well represented in the collections as the similar galls of Cynips divisa. Agama galls are to be distinguished by their smaller size, more uniformly ellipsoidal shape, and much thinner walls. The young galls appear in June (acc. Mayr 1872), becoming mature by the end of August (acc. Connold 1908) or early in September (acc. Kieffer 1901). The non-parasitized galls are deciduous (acc. Kieffer 1901). The adults emerge in October and November (acc. Schlechtendal 1870 and Mayr 1882), more often in November (acc. Kieffer 1901). Further data on the biology of the species are not available. The alternating bisexual insect is not recognized, but it may be expected to inhabit a small cell-like gall in the buds or on the leaves of