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and Tschek succeeded in breeding some flies as early as 
February and March, the greater number, however, not 
appearing before the following October and November.— 
G. L. Mayr. 
In a subsequent note Dr. Mayr has the following (second 
half, p. 68) :—“On the 2nd October, 1870, I found, near 
Gutenstein, in North Austria, the still green galls of this 
species, in great numbers, on the ground under high trees of 
Quercus sessiliflora, some of which were surrounded by the 
bud-scales. From hundreds of these galls a single gall-fly 
: emerged on the 23rd March of this year (1871), so that I may 
t expect a great number in the autumn.” Again, in the 
q *Verhandlungen’ for 1872 (vol. xxii.), he tells us that ‘‘ from 
t the Gutenstein galls of this species I bred at the end of 
February, and particularly in March (1872), a great number 
: of the gall-maker. On the 8th October, 1871, I also found 
in an oak wood, near Vienna, some galls under large trees of 
B Quercus sessiliflora.” Synergus melanopus and S. vulgaris 
were bred from the galls by Dr. Mayr. Curiously, the gall 
from which the original description was taken by Giraud was 
found under a tree by a very young person at Wiener- 
Neustadt.— EZ. A. Fitch. 
Life-histories of Sawflies. Translated from the Dutch of 
Dr. S. C. SNELLEN VAN VOLLENHOVEN by J. \W. May, Esq. 
(Continued from vol. viii. p. 125.) 
Cimpex Femorata, LZ. 
Larva and imago:—Brischke und Zaddach, Beobachtungen 
itber die Arten der Blatt-und Holzwespen (in Schriften 
der K. physikalisch-ackonomischen Gesellschaft zu 
Kénigsberg, 3er Jahrgang, 1862), p. 252, and the 
authors quoted. 
Cimbex (mas) violaceo-nigra, antennis tarsisque luteis; 
(feem.) lutea, thorace fusco-piloso, abdominis basi 
cingulo nigro-violaceo. 
The indigenous Cimbices form four groups :—C. hume- 
ralis, Fourc., stands by itself, and C. Amerine, L., is equally 
distinct; Lucorum, Vitelline and Betuleti, A/., form the 
