ON GORSE AND BROOM 



Elongated swelling, 50 to 70 ram. long, at the apex of 

 the stem, deeply furrowed longitudinally, 24 to 30 mm. in 

 arcumference. There is occasionally much curvature. 

 Leaves shortened, swollen at the base, and crowded. 



Connold, Plant Galls, fig. 115. The cause of the 

 swelling was unknown to Connold. I have not observed 

 it, and it is not mentioned in Hbuard's "Zooc^cidies des 

 Plantes d'Europe." 



209 



553 



Coleop- 

 tera 



Ulex nanus Roth, {minor Forster). 27. Lesser Gorse. 

 Pea-like swelling on stem. See No. 551. 



Apion scutellare Kirby 554 

 Houard, No. 3403. 



Cytisus scoparius Link. log. Common Broom. 



Elongated ovoid swelling on the stem, 40 to 60 mm. 

 long, about 5 mm. in diameter, containing numerous 

 larval cavities just beneath the bark. 



Apion immune, Kirby 555 



Houard, No. 3428. 



Diptera Axillary buds deformed, swollen and fleshy, ovoid, 

 sessile or definitely stalked, J to 12 mm. long. The in- 

 florescence is sometimes attacked, the buds remain closed, 

 and are slightly swollen. Unilocular and unilarval. 

 Larva greenish ; it does not leap. May to October. 



ASPHONDYLIA SARATHAMNI H. Low 



Connold,. Plant Galls, fig. 75. Houard, Nos. 3414, 



3422- 



556 



557 



Pod deformed, having at its basal end a swelling about 

 the size of a pea. Rarely two galls are present on a pod. 

 Each gall contains a single orange-coloured larva. June 

 to August. M. G. 



ASPHONDYLIA Mayeri Liebel' 



Connold, Plant Galls, fig. 76. Binnie, Proc. Glasgow 

 Nat. Hist. Soc, 1877, p. 112. Houard, No. 3412. 



558 



In an axillary bud. A^smooth tube-like gall, 5 to 10 mm. 

 long, 2 mm. in diameter, or less. Apex with four or five 

 teeth curving outwards, or two teeth bending inwards. 

 The aperture is always provided with numerous shining 

 hairs directed upwards. Larva red. M. E. 



Perrisia tubicola Kieffer 

 Houard, No. 3423. 

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