BRITISH GALL-INSECTS. 21 



TINEID^. 



Mr. Stainton, with his usual kindness, has obliged me 

 with the following- memoranda : — 



90. Asijchna cFratella, Zell. 



Makes galls on Polyi^onum, aviculare. The larva has 

 never been found here, but the imago occurs, though rarely, 

 w^iih us. See Ent. Annual, 1856, pp. 57 and 125; and In- 

 telligencer, vol. v., woodcut, p. 81, referred to at p. 82. 



91. Laverna decor ella, Steph. 



Makes gall-like swellings on Epilohium stems. See Intel- 

 ligencer, vol. ix. p. 179, and Ent. Annual, 1868, p. 152 ; also 

 Mr. C. G. Barrett's paper in E. M. Mag. vol. i. p. 197. 



Many of my friends and correspondents, far and near, 

 may think that as their contributions do not appear in the 

 foi-egoing pages they are forgotten. I can assure them such 

 is not the case, for whatever faults of commission or omission 

 there may be in this paper (and I have no doubt there are 

 some), every item of information is registered as it reaches 

 my hands, and will serve its turn when the time comes. I 

 Hatter myself that, with all its imperfections, the present 

 sketch will serve as a convenient nucleus, to which everyone 

 may add his or her own contributions. If the searching 

 gaze of our literary critics in the library, and the keen 

 observing glances of our collectors in the field, should render 

 its contents obsolete ere long, it will be a source of unmingled 

 satisfaction to me, as the best proof that my attempt has 

 borne its fruit. In the pursuit of the study of Galls and their 

 Insects, there is ample room for the employment of every 

 faculty, capacious or not; there is also a constant testing of 

 some of the most interesting problems in animal and vege- 



