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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 compressed 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, Joum. 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 Beutenmüller, 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 hypopygial 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 year. 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