yi 4 [December, 



Aulax gJechomod. — If uot common, this species appears to have a 

 very wide range in Britain. I received specimens this autumn from 

 the Isle of Man, where the galls were taken by Miss Constance 

 Abrahall. GlechomcB and papaveris may be known as follows : — 



Mesonotum glabrous, shining, more or less impunctate in the centre, pleuree striolate, 



glechomcp,. 



Mesonotum pubescent, opaque, pleurfB aciculate papaveris. 



As regards the galls of Aulax glediomce, it is stated by Hopkirk 

 in his " Flora Anomoia," p. 101, that they " are eaten by the country 

 people in France like those on the branches of some of the sages ; 

 they are used when young, as they become dry and stringy from age." 



Aulax hifpochoetndis, Kieffer, Verb. z.-b. Ges. Wien, 1887, p. 205, 

 may be added to our list. It forms swellings on the peduncles of 

 Hypochoeris radicata. 



Pei^iclistus. — The two British species are easily separated. P. 

 Prandti, Eatz., having parapsidal furrows, P. canincB none. The 

 former lives in the galls of Rliodites roses ; the latter in those of R. 

 eglantericB. 



Phodites. — The following table will assist in the determination of 

 the British species : — 



A. Radial cellule short, triangular, the basal abscissa angled or elbowed in the 



middle ; the areolet present. 



1 (4) Legs for the greater part red. 



2 (3) Abdomen reddish, the radial cellule with a smoky fascise roses. 



3 (2) Abdomen blackish or brownish-black, the radial cellule without a smoky 



fascia spinossisimcB. 



4 (1) Legs for the greater part blackish rosarum, Gir., = ? nervosus, Curt. 



B. Radial cellule elongate, the basal abscissa of the radius curved, not angled, the 



cubitus obsolete (= Hololexis, Foer.) eglantercB, Htg. 



II.— NOTES ON FOSSOSES. 



The following species, described by T. Smith as Larrnda, are 

 referrable to Notogonia, Costa : — Alecto, Journ. Linn. See., ii, 103, 6 ; 

 exilipes. Cat. Hym. Ins., iv, 27a; lahorosa, I. c, 278, 12 ; Tisiphone, 

 Journ. Linn. Soc, ii, 103, 5 ; tristis, Cat. Hym. Ins., iv, 277, 10 ; 

 vestita, Ann Mag. Nat. Hist., xii, 11; modesta, Journ. Linn. Soc, iii, 

 159 ; ducalis, I. c, V, 84 ; docilis, Trans. Ent. Soc, 1873, 192. The 

 undernoted belong I believe to Lai'ra, Kohl : — rufipes, prismatica 

 and glahrafa. 



Pliilantlioceplialus, Cam., Biol. Cent. Am. Hym., ii, 86, = Tra- 

 chypus, Kl. 



Sale, Cheshire : October 12th, 1890. 



