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INSECTS ABROAD. 



diversified with sonic white spots, arranged as shown in the 

 illustration. The large spot, however, on the upper edge of 

 the wing is not white bul rich golden yellow, for which reason 



Kio. 199. — Bracon aureomaculatara. (New species.) 

 (Black; wings brown with yellow spots.) 



I have given to the insect the specific name of aureomaculatum, 

 i.e. " spotted with gold." The ovipositor is of enormous length. 



All who have lived in the country and used their eyes must 

 be familiar with the curious excrescences called galls, which 

 appear upoo the leaves, branches, and even roots of trees. These 

 galls are produced l»y a group of insects called, scientifically, 

 Cynipidss, and popularly known as Gall Flies. 



The process is almost exactly like that by which the Ichneu- 

 mon Flies deposit their eggs in the bodies of other insects. The 

 mother Gall Fly pierces with her ovipositor the leaf, twig, or 

 hark, inserts the egg, and iujects at the same time a small drop 

 of a fluid which produces very extraordinary effects. That 

 portion of the plant which comes in contact with the liquid is 



