THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



No. 151.] 



JANUARY, MDCCCLXXVI. 



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Descriptions of Oak-r/alls. Translated from Dr. G. L. Mayr's 

 'Die Milteleuropaischen Eichengallen' by E. A. Fitch, Esq, 



(Continued from vol. viii. p. 201.) 



Fig. 34. 



Aphilotheix Glandules. 



a. Natural size of gall in situ. h. The same magnified. 

 c. Section of the same. 



34. Aphilothrix Glandtilce, Hart. — The gall is conical, 

 swelling out at its base, and assuming a turban-likc form ; 

 the lower jDart of this base is surrounded by the scales of the 

 axillary bud, while the upper part projects from the bud. 

 This gall attains a longitudinal diameter of six millimetres, 

 and has the same lenglli at the base. When fresh the gall is 

 green, and covered with snow-white, silky, recurved, smooth 

 hairs. The top of the gall carries a mastoid process, yellow 

 and naked. The section generally exhibits two cavities: 



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