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THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



height, and 3'5 to 5"5 millemetres in diameter at the 

 base. Of this rare gall I have only one small branch, with a 

 number of galls on it : it seems to be found only on Quercus 

 sessiliflora or Q. pedunculata, as these are the only oaks 

 growing in Nassau, the country from which my specimen 

 was recorded. — G. L. Mayr. 



No inquiline has been observed in this gall, — F. Walker. 



When nothing is said of the occurrence of the gall in 

 Britain, it is to be assumed that nothing has been recorded, 

 but we must on no account conclude that it is absent on this 

 ground, but that it has escaped observation. We have 

 scarcely a dozen entomologists who collect oak-galls, and 

 therefore many species will of necessity escape notice. — 

 Edward Newman, 



Fig. 5. 



ArHILOTHEIX SlEBOLDII. 



Aphllothrix Sieholdii. — This red or reddish brown gall is 

 found under or near the surface of the ground, on twigs that 

 are one centimetre or one and a half centimetre in diameter. 

 It seldom occurs alone, but numbers of them are usually 

 found crowded together, and the twig may possibly attain a 

 diameter of three centimetres. The gall itself is conical: it 

 stands from five to six millemetres in height, and its 



