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 U.S. National Museum. The insect belongs to the eburneus group and is ruled out of Cynips on the same basis. See eburneus in this list.

Pulchripennis Ashmead, 1896, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 19: 115. Dryophanta in orig. publ. Dryophanta or Diplolepis of later authors. I have studied the holotype in the U.S. National Museum. The insect belongs to the eburneus group and is ruled out of Cynips on the same basis. See eburneus in this list.

Pumiliventris Bassett, 1890, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 17: 69. Dryophanta in orig. publ. Dryophanta, Diplolepis, and Trigonaspis of later authors. I have seen the holotype male in the Philadelphia Academy and numerous paratype males. Weld (1921, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 59: 205) concludes that this is a Trigonaspis synonymous with Trigonaspis radicis Ashmead. See the remarks on the genus under texana in this list.

Pusulatoides Bassett, 1890, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 17: 74. Andricus in orig. publ. Andricus, Dryophanta, and Callirhytis of later authors. I have seen the holotype at the Philadelphia Academy. The insect is ruled out of true Cynips on the same basis as palustris, (q.v.) in this list.

Quercifoliae Ashmead, 1885, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 12: 299. Andricus in orig. publ. Andricus, Callirhytis, Dryophanta, and Diplolepis of later authors. I have studied the holotype at the National Museum. The insect belongs to the palustris group, and is ruled out of true Cynips on the same basis. See palustris in this list.

Radicola Ashmead, 1896, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 19: 116. Dryophanta in orig. publ. Dryophanta, Diplolepis, and Amphibolips of later authors. Weld (1921, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 59: 203) assigned the species to Trigonaspis. I have seen the holotype in the National Museum and agree with Weld's assignment. See notes on the genus under texana in this list.

Saecularius Bassett, 1890, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 17: 76. Andricus in orig. publ. Diplolepis (as synonym of cinereae) in Weld 1926. I have seen the holotype, which is a male, in the Philadelphia Academy. The insect belongs to the palustris group (q.v.) and is probably ruled out of Cynips on the same basis.

Serratae Ashmead, 1904, Journ. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 12: 80. Dryophanta in orig. publ. Diplolepis of later authors. I have studied the holotype in the National Museum. The thorax is shagreened, the hypopygial spine is short, blunt, not widened, without a terminal tuft of hairs. These are not true Cynips characters. Weld has put the holotype under Trichagalma in the National Museum collection.

Sessilis Weld, 1926, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus 68 (10): 31. Diplolepis in orig. publ. I have seen the holotype and several paratypes The galls might be accepted as Cynips of the subgenus Antron, but the insects have the hypopygial spine long, very slender, without a terminal tuft of hairs, and withal very different from the spine of true Cynips.