CHAP. IV. 



CORYLA^CF,^. FaVtUS. 



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Notodonta (/romedcirius, Lophopteryx ramelina, Petasia casslnea, E'ndromis 

 versicolor (Glory of Kent moth), Aglaia tau ; all belonging to the Linnaean 

 ^ombyces. Amongst the A'bctuidEe are. Orthosis stabilis, Miselia aprilhia, 

 Catocala fraxini ; and, amongst the Geometridae, Himera pennaria, Epion<? 

 vespertaria, Lobophora hexapterata, together with Drepana ungulcula and 

 Hylophila prasinaria. One of the gall flies, also, (Cjnips fagi) attacks the leaves 

 of i'^agus sylvatica, forming galls upon them ; and Psylla fagi Linn., also, feeds 

 upon the leaves, occasionally in such numbers as to cause them to appear covered 

 with white flakes of wool or cotton; the larvse and pupae being clothed with a 

 long downy secretion, perfectly white. (Reaiim. Mem., tom. iii. pi. 26. fig. I — 6.) 

 The Fungi tvhich groiu upon the Beech, in Great Britain, are rather nume- 

 rous, and the following list of them has been kindly sent to us by the Rev. 

 M. J. Berkeley : — 



Those iqoon the Bark, Wood, or 



fallen Branches, are: Jgaricusmucidus 



Schrad., syn. A. nitidus Fl. Dan.,t. 



773., and our fig. 1893.; A. ^alignus 



Pers.; A, mastrucatus Fr., syn. A. 



1882 echinatus Soiv., i. 99., and our ^g. 



1882,; ^. leoninus Schceff.,t.'^S.; .4. phlebophorus Z);V/h„ 



Grev.,t. 173., and our^g. 1883.; A. adiposus Batsch, a 



most splendid species, the pileus of which, in fine speci- 



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