Coleop- 

 tera 



ON TOAD-FLAX 231 



Yellowish fleshy swellings about the size of a pea, at the 

 junction of root and stem, or on the radical root. Uni- 

 locular. M. E. 



Mecinus collinus Gyllh. 721 



Syn. Gymnetron collinus Gyllh. 



Connold, Plant Galls, p. 246. Houard, No. 5031. 



Pea-like gall at the apex of the root just below the 

 ground. Unilocular. M. E. 



Mecinus linariae Panzer 722 

 Houard, No. 5030. 



Capsule swollen. 

 Houard, No. 5025. 



Mecinus noctis Herbst. 723 



Oiptera 



Coleop- 

 tera 



Diptera 



Terminal buds not opening : the leaves are drawn to- 

 gether in a tuft, deformed, enlarged and thickened at the 

 base, forming an ovoid gall about 5 mm. in diameter. 

 Larvae whitish, gregarious. M. E. 



Contarinia wnariae Winn. 724 



Syn. Diplosis linariae Winn. 



Connold, Plant Galls, p. 246. Houard, No. 5028. 



Scrophalaria nodosa Linn. 109. Knotted Figwort. 

 Seed case swollen. 



Mecinus beccabungae Linn. 725 

 Syn. Gymnetron beccabungae Linn. 

 Mosley, Brit. Galls, Nat. Journ., March, 1898, p. 56. 



Flowers deformed, remaining closed and globular, 

 greenish or reddish-brown. Larvae gregarious, white or 

 yellowish ; ihey occur in little depressions on the surface of 

 the hypertrophied pistil, or on the stamens. M. £. 



Stictodiplosis scrophulariae Kieff. 726 



Connold, Plant Galls, fig. iii. Houard, No. 5063. 



Veronica serphyllifolia Linn. 112. Thyme-leaved 

 Speedwell. 



Terminal leaves clustered and thickened, forming a 

 rosette, greenish, brown or purple. Larvae gregarious. 



Cecidomyia sp. 727 



Connold, Plant Galls, fig. 283. Houard, No. 5107. 



Veronica Chamaedrys Linn. iii. Germander Speed- 

 well. 



The terminal leaves, covered with a felt of white hairs, 

 have their margins more or less united with the und^r 



