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lime-tree. The lemon-coloured larva has the power of 

 leaping. 



TRYPETID^. 



This is another family, of which, in this country, very few 

 metamorphoses have been published, and I am unable to 

 indicate as gall-makers any other species but the very 

 abundant : 



71. Urophora cardid, L. (Westwood, Gardener's Chronicle, 



1847, No. 50, p. 815, fig.). 

 It produces the oblong or globular polythalamous ex- 

 crescences of the stem of Cirsium arvense, which have the 

 superficial look of a green, unripe gooseberry. 



And secondly — 



72. Carphotricha guttularis, Meigen. 



Bred by F. J. Graham, from galls on the roots of Achillea 

 millefolium (Curtis, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 2nd ser. vol. iii. 

 p. 46). 1 have never met with this species nor its gall. 



Field naturalists should turn their attention to the many 

 Trypetidce, which disfigure the seed-heads of plants, and 

 convert some of them into true galls. 



CURCULIONID^. 



73. Meciiius collaris, Germ. (Moncreafi^, E. M. Mag. vii. 



p. 81). 

 On Plantago maritima. 



74. Mecinus pyr aster, Herbst (Moncreaff, E. M. Mag. vii. 



p. 81). 

 On Plantago lanceolata. 

 1872. c 



