HOMOGANGLIATA. 



Articulated Animals. 



No. 15. 



CYNIPS QUERCUS FOLII. 



GALL, INSECT. 



The animal substance. Galls. A medicinal agent. 



Geog. Position. Asia Minor. 



Quality. Inodorous, bitter. 



Power. Astringent. 



Use. Chronic diarrhoea, chronic dysentery. 



SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS. 



Natural Classification. 

 3. DIVISION Homogangliata. CLASS Insecta. 



Cuvier, R6gne Animale, t. v. 290. Olivier, Voy. Orient., t. 14 et 15. Ballard 

 and Garrod, Mat. Med. 394. Pereira, Mat. Med. II. 199. Thomson, Mat. Med. 

 *74, 659. Lond. Disp. 538. U. S. Disp. 352. Wyatt, Nat. Hist. 137. EC. Disp. 

 U. S. 337. Kost, Mat. Med. 484. 



GENUS CYNIPS. 



Noix de Galles (Fr.), Gallapfel (Ger.), Galle (It.), Agalla de Levante (Sp.), Gal- 

 noot (Dutch), Gallaple (Swed.), Galdabel (Dan.), Galha (Port.), Maju Fhal (H. 

 and San.), Makakai (Tam.), Afis (Arab.), Mazu (Pers.). 



THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERS. 



Wings four, naked, membranous, veined longitudinally, the 

 superior of which are always longer than the inferior. 



Mouth composed of jaws and a labium very narrow (besides 

 the labium and mandibles), forming a demi-tube more 

 suitable for suction than mastication. 



Envelope of the body not crustaceous. 



Tarsi with five joints. 



Abdomen generally attached to the thorax by a very slender 

 pedicle, terminated in the females either by an ovipositor 

 in the form of a saw, or by a simple retractile sting, which 

 introduces an irritating fluid into the wounds it creates. 



Metamorphosis complete. 



Individuals three kinds, whose color and form vary greatly, 

 the males, the females, and the neuters. 



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