I'^rn.] 207 



Andricus ramttlt. — Dr. Acllcr, in his remarks on the oak-apple 

 gall, says, " There is a curious phenomenon in the propagation of Teras 

 terminalis which deserves notice. It appears that whilst some galls 

 produce both sexes, some yield only females and others only males." 

 These remarks may also hold good relative to ramuli. From five galls 

 obtained this year at Bickleigh, and one found at Ivybridge, 1892, I 

 bred males only. 



EuLOPHus EUEDORESCHUS, Walker. —This species is not recorded 

 as a parasite on Andricus fecundntrix in Cameron's vol. on Oak-galls, 

 perhaps by an oversight. I have bred it from that host, and so far as 

 my observations go, it is the only one that remains so long in the 

 larva stage. From galls collected in August, 1887, the flies emerged 

 in 1889. Other galls obtained in August, 1891, produced flies in 

 May. 1893, and from those gathered in August, 1898, the flies came 

 out May 10th, 1895. A. fecundatrlx (gall maker) appears in March 

 and April of the second year, the parasite nearly (or quite>) two 

 months later. 



Stonehouse, Devon : July, 1895. 



ANASPIS RUFICOLLIS, F., AND A. GEOFFROYI, MULL. 

 BY G C. CHAMPION, F.Z.S. 



Messrs. F. and E A. "VVaterhouse have recently submitted to me 

 for examination an interesting series of these two common species of 

 Aua.yns. The A. rvficoUia vary from their normal colour to entirely 

 black, legs, antennae and palpi included. Some of them have the 

 thorax fuscous, with the sides rufescent and the legs fuscous, these 

 specimens being clearly referable to the var. c, or A. alpicola of Emery.* 

 In this species the elytra usually have a broad sutural stripe of blacker 

 pubescence, this becoming wider towards the apex, the rest of the 

 pubescence being greyish. The male characters are quite similar in 

 the various forms ; the intermediate tibiae are straight on their inner 

 edge. 



Amongst the A. Geqffroyi there is a specimen entirely black, legs, 

 antennae and palpi included. Neither Mulsantf nor Emery mentions 

 an entirely black form, nor do the}'" (nor Fowler) notice a well-marked 

 male character in this species, viz., the strongly sinuous inner edge of 

 the intermediate tibiae. Messrs. Waterhouse's specimens were all 

 found recently near Putney. 

 HorscU : August Vlth, 1895. 



* Essai Mon. sur lea Mordellides, p. 22 (1876). 



t Miilsuiit's description of this species occupies 5i pages of his " Longfipfcdes." 



