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galls formed by chinensis. Smith (1871), however, in speaking 

 of these galls under the title "nutgalls," says : "This excres- 

 cence, called in India Kakrasingie, is produced by a Coccus, 

 and is said to sometimes attain the size of a man's fist." Further 

 study on the inmates of the galls from different parts of India 

 would seem desirable. 



Viedt (1875) made a chemical study of the Chinese galls 

 and found 72 per cent, of tannin. 



Hanbury (1876) says that he has satisfied himself by an 

 examination of the galls and tree that these galls do not occur 

 on Distylium racemosum, as stated by some pharmacologists, 

 but on Rhtts semialata Mur. The date here given for Han- 

 bury 's paper is. that of his collected papers. The original 

 papers were printed much earlier. 



Courchet (1879) gives a rather extended discussion of these 

 galls and refers to them under the name Poey-tse. He says 

 they occur on Rims semialata and according to Fluckiger on 

 Rhus japonica. He made a study of the structure of the gall 

 and credited the name of the insect, chinensis, to Doubleday. 



Ishikawa (1880) made a study of the galls in Japan and 

 obtained tannin ranging from 58.82 per cent, to 67.7 per cent. 

 This would seem to be the first chemical study of the Japanese 

 galls. 



Lichtenstein (1883), after studying the insect which pro- 

 duces the Chinese gall, described a new genus, Schlectcndalia, 

 for the species. This generic name is the one which has gen- 

 erally been applied to the insect by subsequent writers who 

 were acquainted with it. 



Hartwich (1884) made a study of the Japanese gall and 

 after comparing it concluded that it was the same as the Chinese 

 one produced by chinensis Bell. 



Uyeno (1886) gave an article on the Japanese gall, showing 

 its distribution in that country. 



Trimble (1892) gave a short account of the Chinese gall and 

 considered the Japanese one distinct. He gave an excellent 

 bibliography from the point of view of the tannins. 



Shirai (1895) studied the galls on Rhus sonialata and de- 



