BY W. W. FROGGATT. 367 



Brachyscelis pomiformis, n.sp. (PI. vii. fig. 7.) • 



9. Gall apple-shaped, slightly depressed at the base where 

 attached to the branch, swelling out on the sides and slightly 

 narrowing towards the top ; at the apex is a circular depression 

 or little pit about 3 lines in depth, in the centre of which is the 

 very small orifice; colour greyish-brown; diameter 3 inches, height 

 2 inches ; thickness of walls ^ to ^ inch; size of chamber doubtful. 



The smaller ones almost spherical in shape, but the large ones 

 more squat at the base. 



Only one gall contained the remains of a female ; the anal 

 segments a})pear to be robust and dark coloured. 



(J. Gall unknown. 



Ilab. — Torrens' Creek, N.Q., on E. sp. ( — Chisholm); Barrier 

 Range, King's Sound, N.W.A., on E. sp. (W. W. Froggatt). 



This remarkable gall is a northern species, not found in the 

 vicinity of Sydney ; my specimens were obtained at King's Sound, 

 N. W. Australia, where they grew on a stunted Eucalypt under 

 the Barrier Range, about a hundred miles inland. The natives 

 there eat the large gall, which when fresh is soft and acid, not 

 unlike a sour apple, and they look upon the fat white Brachyscelid 

 as a very dainty morsel. Through the kindness of Mr. J. H. 

 Maiden, I have received aveiy large specimen of the gall obtained 

 by Mr. Chisholm, of Torrens' Creek, near Charters Towers, N- 

 Queensland, together with an interesting letter from the latter 

 gentleman, in which he says " it is known as the ' blood-wood 

 apple,' and the blacks are very fond of eating it." 



Brachyscelis ovicola, Schrader, I.e. p. 5, pi. ii. fig. 3, a, e, f. 



5. Gall pale green, smooth, narrowest at base of attachment to 

 twig, forming an oval with a slight depression at the apex, in the 

 centre of which is situate the apical orifice, which is minute and 

 circular; length 14 lines, diameter 9 lines; thickness of chamber 

 walls 2 lines ; chamber round at the base, coming to a sharp point 

 just below the apical orifice. 



9. Coccid pale canary-yellow, shining when the white floury 

 excretion is brushed off ; centre of the first segment rounded at 



