234 



Coleop- 



tera 



BRITISH GALLS 



Flantago maritima Linn. 78. Seaside Plantain. 

 Elongated swelling on the floral axis, unilocular, con- 

 taining a blackish larva. M. G. 



Mecinus collaris Germar 742 

 Connold, Plant Galls, p. 245. 



Nematoda Irregularly elongated swellings on the leaves, 2 to 

 10 mm. long, of a paler tint than the surrounding normal 

 tissue. These galls also appear on the petiole and the 

 flower stalk. 



Tylenchus sp. 743 

 Trail, 1885, Houard, No. 5149. 



BUBIACEAE 



Galium boreale Linn. 43. Cross-leaved Bedstraw. 

 Diptera On the stem above a node. An ovoid or spherical 

 swelling, with thin walls. The single cavity contains a 

 solitary larva. 



Cecidomyia sp. 744 

 Trail, 1878, p. 63. Houard, No. 5196. 



Oalium cruciata Scop. 97. Crosswort 

 ^vn^ Considerable swellings and distortions in the stems 



caused by the presence of the mycelium. Aecidiospores 

 orange-yellow ; uredospores round or oval, pale brown ; 

 teleutospores elliptical, brown. 



PuccmiA GALii Persoon 745 

 Syn. Aecidium gain Persoon, Trichobasis gcUii L6v. 

 Plowright, pp. 143, 144. 



Qalium verum Linn. 112. Yellow Bedstraw. 

 Diptera Flower not opening, thickened, ovoid ; reproductive 

 organs atropied or entirely absent. The gall usually con- 

 tains a single yellow larva. M. E. I., IL 



SCHIZOMYIA GALIORUM Kieffer 746 

 Binnie, 1876, p. 154. Houard, No. 5281. 



,, Stems and flower stalks deformed and swollen. Galls 



solitary or gregarious and coalescent, glossy, rounded, 

 about 8 mm. in diameter ; green at first, then reddish- 

 brown. Larvae yellow. M. E. (Text, Fig. 14.) 



Perrisia GALII H. Low 747 

 Syn. Cecidomyia galii Wtz. 74* 



Connold, Veg. Galls, pi. 25 ; Plant Galls, fig. 46- 

 Houard, Nos. 5284, 5292. 



