152 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Northumberland. Bred with a perfectly different range of a 

 distinct melanic form from larvas taken in Lonsdale, Cleveland. 



Zoological Dept., 

 Armstrong College, 

 Newcastle-on-Tyne. 



PLANT GALL KECORDS. 

 By Leslie B. Hall, F.L.S. 



From specimens of Plant Galls found during 1916 and 1917 

 some of the following appear to be first records for the British 

 list, and the remainder have not been recorded in this country 

 upon the host plants mentioned, as far as I have been able to 

 ascertain : 



Viola hirta, L. 

 Perrisia affinis, Kieff. Limpsfield, Surrey ; October, 1917. 

 New host plant. Previously recorded on V. odorata, sylvestris, 

 and canina. 



Tilia platyphyllos, Scop. 

 Eriophyes ttlics, Pag., var. exilis, Nal. Symond's Yat, West 

 Glos, ; June, 1916. E. tilicB type is recorded by Swanton on 

 Tilia vulgaris. 



Acer pseudoplatanus, L. 



Eriophyid, Houard, No. 3976. Newgate, St. Herts ; Septem- 

 ber, 1917. 



Acer campestre, L. 



Perrisia tympani, Kieff. Near Chichester, West Sussex 

 August, 1917. 



Vicia tetrasperma, Moench. 

 Perrisia vicice, Kieff. Selsey, West Sussex ; x\ugust, 1917. 

 New host plant. Kecorded by Swanton on V. sylvatica and 

 V. sepium. 



Peucedanum sativum, B. and H. 

 Macrolahis corriigans, F. Loew. Biggin Hill, Kent ; Septem- 

 ber, 1917. New host plant. Previously recorded for Britain 

 on Heracleuni sphondylium, Lamium albuvi, and Stachys 

 sylvatica. 



Galium mollugo, L. 

 Perrisia sp., Houard, No. 5216. Bosham, West Sussex ; 



August, 1917. 

 Cecidomyid. Thorn-like projections on stem. Near Amberley, 

 West Sussex ; June 27th, 1917. Described by Houard 

 (No. 7372) on G. verum only. First published British record 

 by Bagnall and Harrison October, 1917, on G. ver^im. I also 

 found it on the latter plant at Bury, West Sussex, in June, 

 1917. 



