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ITal. DuEHAii, Gibside, May 1915 {B. S. B.), Winlaton Mill 

 (B. S. B.) and Bewick Main, June 1918 {J. W. R. H.) ; XoETHUii- 

 BERLAND, Ovingham {B. S. B.). 



It is recorded by Houard from Central Europe and by Dalla Torre & 

 Kieffer from Lower Austria and Portugal. 



4. — Anchncus trotteri Kieffer. 



Kieffer, Bull. Soc. Ent. France, 1898, p. 143 ; Dalla Torre & 

 Kieffer, Cynipidae in "Das Tierreicli," xxiv, p. 505 (1910). 



This is a Cynipid of the agamous generation, producing a gall of 

 most distinctive position, type, and coloration. It reaches 2-3 mm. in 

 length, is more or less ellipsoidal, and may be longer than broad or 

 broader than long in its longitudinal axis, and, being furnished with a 

 basal piece, it has the appearance of an q^^ lying on its side or end (as 

 the case may be) upon a pedestal. It lies at right angles to the twig 

 upon which it is situated, and the colour is dark reddish-brown with at 

 least one Avhite or yellowish-white transverse band. 



Hab. Dueha:si, Ravensworth Woods near Lamesley, June 1918 

 {B. S. B.). 



The discovery of this species in the north of England is most 

 unexpected, being previously known fi-om Verona in Italy o\'\\j. 



5. — Andricus siifflator Mayr. 



G-. Mayr, Eur. Arten gallenbew. Cynip. p. 22 (1882) ; Kieffer in 

 Andre, Spec. Hym. Eur. vii, p. 401 (1899); Dalla Torre & Kieffer, 

 Cynipidae in "Das Tierreich," xxiv, p. 507 (1910). 



This gall belongs to a Cynipid of the sexual generation and takes 

 the form of a pustule of about 3'0 mm. diam. in the leaf, differing from 

 the gall of Neuroterus vesicator in that the two faces of the gall are 

 alike, the upper being Avithout the pointed centre and the radial stria- 

 tions. When the gall is opened a small internal gall is found, as in 

 Andricus cur vat or. 



It is suggested by Dalla Torre & Kieffer that the Andricus gallae- 

 urnaeformis of Fonscolombe may be the corresponding agamous form. 



Hah. Somerset, two old examples of the gall from the neighbour- 

 hood of Bath, Nov. 1917 {B. S. B.). 



Abroad the species is known from Central Europe, France, Ital}^ and 

 the Balkan Peninsula. 



