52 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
small galls growing out of the axillary buds on stubs of the 
Turkey oak; the producers of these belong to a new species. 
These galls are of an elongate-oviform shape, 
Fig. 59. similar to small ant-pupz, about 2 to 5 milli- 
metres long; from one to eight occur in a 
bud, and are so surrounded by the interior 
- broad and short bud-scales, that only their 
upper part is visible. When the air is humid, 
the long linear outside scales stand out in 
such a manner that the gall is easily seen, but 
when the weather is dry they close over the 
galls in such a manner that it is difficult to 
see them. ‘The galls are naked, of either a 
brownish yellow, a dirty reddish brown, or a 
beautiful light red colour, and show, when 
examined through a strong magnifying-glass, 
oval or elliptical cells. The walls of the 
gall are very thin, and enclose the cavity in 
which the gall-maker lives. Ifa large number 
of galls occur in one bud, it sometimes 
happens that one gall is in the centre, while 
eo the others are arranged round it in a circle; 
A. crrcutans. When there are only four they resemble the 
seeds of one of the Labiate: the galls are 
frequently so compressed that they are flattened at the points 
of contact. Galls collected in February and kept in a hot 
room, produced some males at the beginning of March, while 
the females did not appear tll eight or ten days later; from 
those collected on March 2lst the flies emerged in April, 
and of those collected on April 15th many were already 
pierced ; but from those that were entire the flies emerged 
in the course of a few days. No Andricus appeared in May 
—only a few Ceroptres and Pteromalide. 1 have only met 
with a few specimens this year—G. L. Mayr. 
In anote Dr. Mayr gives a description of the imago. The 
Ceroptres referred to is C. Cerri, Mayr.—E. A. Fitch. 
The Devonshire Gall, Cynips Kollari. By the late 
Francis WALKER. 
[At p. 251 of vol. vii. of the ‘Entomologist,’ we read :—“ I 
was expecting Mr, Walker’s notes on the parasites of Cynips 
