TWO FAIRY SPONGES 43 
cells, at first each with its tiny egg, and then with 
its plump larva, followed by the chrysalis, and 
at length by the emergence of the full-fledged 
Cynips roscz. 
This sponge -gall of the rose is commonly 
known as the Bedegnar, and, like all other mem- 
bers of its tribe, as with the familiar oak-apple, 
was long supposed to be a regular accessory fruit 
of its parent stalk. Among early students were 
many superstitions connected with the Bedegnar, 
the nature of which may readily be inferred from 
its other common name of " Robin's Pin-cushion." 
