OBSERVATIONS ON THE BRITISH CYNIPITES. 



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Cidaria munitata 



unideiitaria 

 ferrugata 

 miaria 

 niontanata 

 fluctuata 

 propugnata 

 Harpalyee fulvata 

 oceUata 

 subtristata 

 sylvaticata 

 biangulata 

 silaceata 

 corylata 

 Polyphasia immanata 

 marmorata 

 comma-notata 

 centum-notata 

 perfuscata 

 Steganolophia prunata 

 Lampropteryx suffumata 



badiata 

 Anticlea rubidata 

 derivata 

 Electra spinachiata 

 testata 

 pyraliata 

 Aoaitis plagiata 

 Abraxas gi'ossulariata 



Melanippe hastata 

 Xerene procellata 

 adustata 

 rubiginata 

 Euthalia miata 

 elutata 

 Lozogramma petraria 

 Scotosia rhamiiata 



betulata 

 Triphosa cervinata 

 dubitata 

 Camptogramma bilineata 

 Eucosmia undulata 

 Chesias spartiata 

 Oporabia dilutata 

 Cheimatobia brumata 



nipicapraria 

 Lobophora polycommata 

 viretata 

 hexapterata 

 Eupithecia rectangulata 

 V. ata 

 absinthiata 

 minutata 

 marmorata 

 simpliciata 

 And some other species, of the 

 names of which 1 am not 

 quite certain. 



To be cont'mued. 



Minoa chaerophyllata 

 euphorbiata 



Bapta punctata 



Emmelesia decolorata 

 turbaria 

 albulata 

 candidata 

 luteata 



Strenia clathrata 



Venilia maculata 



Ptycliopoda dilutaria 



Acidalia osseata 



virgularia 



aversata 



remutata 



subsericeata 



lactata 



floslactata 



Psecilophasia marginata 



Chlorissa thyniiaria 

 putataria 



Timandra imitaria 



Ania emarginata 



Ennomos flexula 



Drepana falcataria 

 liamula 

 imguicula 



Art. XV. — Observations on the British Cynipites. 

 By Francis Walker. 



The Cynipites, like other tribes of insects, have some cha- 

 racters which are nearly constant, and some which vary much. 

 Among the former, are the head, the joints of the antennae, 

 and the nervures of the wings ; among the latter, the habits and 

 economy, the thorax, and, still more, the abdomen. The 

 greatest variation is between Anacharis and Ibalia. 



The whole tribe were formerly called gall-flies, and it was 

 supposed that they laid their eggs in plants, which their grubs 

 caused to swell around them, and to form excrescences, or galls. 

 It may be inferred, from the recent discoveries of Entomo- 

 logists, that only a very small portion of the British species 

 live thus ; the rest are parasitic upon other insects. The 

 external characters are sometimes very similar, although the 

 economy is different; e.g. the species of the 10th and 23d groups 

 in the following arrangement, move slowly, counterfeit death 

 when touched, have the abdomen compressed, and the fore- 

 wings very long and broad. Cynips aptera lives under ground, 

 forms galls on roots, and is infested by Callimome rohoris ; 



