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CLASS, INSECTA. 

 ORDER, HEMIPTERA. 



APHID M. 



761. APHIS PISTACLS, L. 



a. Horn-shaped galls, from Calcutta. 



Note. These galls are hollow and horn-shaped, about the size of 

 the little finger, and contain exuviae of insects, like the Chinese galls. 

 In taste and appearance they resemble the galls from Pistacia tere- 

 binthus. In the Indian Pharmacopoeia they are stated to be known 

 in India under the name of Kakra-singhi, and to grow upon Bhus 

 succedanea. L. See Pharm. Ind., p. 59 ; P. J. [2] , vol. vi., p. 462. For 

 fig., see Hist, des Drogues. 7 eme ed., vol. iii., p. 501. Moquin-Tandon, 

 Med. Zoology, p. 156. 



762. APHIS PISTACLE, L. 



a. Horn-shaped gall. 



Note. These galls are much larger than the last one, being six inches 

 long ; they are also more compressed. They are attached to a twig of 

 the tree on which they grow, Pistacia terebinthus, L., and are labelled 

 apparently in the writing of Daniel Hanbury, " Galls of Pistacia 

 Terebinthus." For fig., see Hist, des Drogues, vol. iii., p. 500. 



763. APHIS SPECIES. ? 



a. Pear-shaped galls. 



Note. These are reddish hollow galls, collected in Morocco, probably 

 from Pistacia Atlantica, Des/. In that country they are called Elleg. 

 See P. J. [3], vol. iii., p. 625. 



b. Bokhara galls. 



Note. These galls are scarcely distinguishable from the last. They are 

 said to grow in Affghanistan and Cabul, upon Pistacia Khinjuk, Stocks, 

 and are imported into India under the name of Gul-i-pista. See Pharm. 

 Ind., p. 59 ; and for fig. of galls, P. J. [1] , vol. iii., p. 387. 



The above specimen consists of a few galls from Dr. Koyle, and some 

 presented by Mons. Chantre, which were offered in the London market 

 as Gul-i-pista, in 1876. 



764 APHIS SPECIES. 



a. Obovate compressed galls. (Cadooca-poo.) 



Note. These galls are flattened or slightly convex, hollow, and obovate 

 in outline. They are found occasionally mixed with the fruits of 

 Terminalia Chebula, Retz, and are probably derived from that tree. See 

 Ind. Pharm., p. 89. Technologist, vol. i., p. 187. 



765. APHIS CHINENSIS, Bell. (Cauliflower Gall, Woo-pei-tsze.) 

 a. Chinese galls. 



Note. These large, irregularly pear-shaped, tuberculated galls have a 

 downy surface, and when broken open are seen to be quite hollow, and 

 to have very thin, resinous walls. They yield 52 per cent, of tannin, or 

 about 50 per cent, of beautifully white gallic acid. See P. J. [2] , vol. ii. 

 p. 509; [1], vol. xii., p. 445. For fig., see P. J. [1], vol. iii., p. 386, 



