296 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
L. viridis, a prolonged search was made among willows and 
other plants growing near the water for any similar gall-like 
swellings of the twigs caused by L. sponsa. There was, however, 
nothing to indicate that the remarkable habit referred to is 
shared by the British insect. 
A. puella, I. elegans, H. cyathigerum, 4. grandis, di. cyanea, 
S. sanguineum, and L. sponsa, were all taken for the last time on 
September 12th. 
Larval water-mites (Hydrachnide) were observed upon P. 
nymphula (May 9th and 16th), A. puella (May 28rd and 30th, 
and June 18th and 20th), and E. cyathigerum (August 29th). In 
most, if not in all, of these cases the parasites were confined 
to the sternum of their host. 
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