Amphibolips damfi, n. sp.
(bisexual form)

Gall. — A spongy oak apple similar to the American A. confluentus. More or less spherical, thin-shelled the spongy interior dense though soft, the larval cell central or nearer the base of the gall; galls up to 48. mm, in diameter; completely separable, borne on twigs.

Host, — Q. ocoteaefolia [laurina].

Range. — Oaxaca: Sierra Juarez between Ixtlan de Juarez and Tepanzacoako, 8700b Probably restricted to a more southern portion of Mexico, centering in Oaxaca,

Life History. — Bisexual galls mature at least by February. Bisexual adults emerging at some time between February 24 and April 15.

Dampfi is a strikingly distinct insect producing a gall of the spongy oak-apple type.

- Alfred Kinsey: (1937) New Mexican gall wasps (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae). II^©