2 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
known as Devonshire or woody galls of the oak; but the 
hypothesis comprehends all known galls. On the other hand, 
Mr. W. F. Bassett, of Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S., has 
concluded that certain American galls, the development of 
which he had watched from the earliest stage, “were only a 
modified leaf-stem and blade, and that the tuft of long woolly 
hairs which terminates the cell is only the enormous develop- 
ment of the leaf’s pubescence.” (See Entom. vi. 552.) The 
late Jamented Mr. J. B. Walsh opposed this idea, and there 
never has been an entomologist whose opinion is entitled to 
greater respect. Therefore, although fully convinced of the 
soundness of my position, I am very desirous it should receive 
the most searching investigation. These additions will always 
be signed with my own name.—Edward Newman. | 
TI. RootT-GAL.s. 
The two kinds of root-galls with which we are acquainted, 
being invariably covered with earth, we rarely enjoy the 
opportunity of examining them.—G@. LZ. Mayr. 
Fig. 1.—ApnHinotarix Rapicrs. 
