FORMS OP MANTLE-GALLS. 



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Trioza Bhamni on the margin of Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) leaves is very- 

 hard and thickened like cartilage. In many plants the epidermal cells lining the 

 gall elongate into hairy structures, as in the felt-galls previously described. Their 

 juicy contents are used as food by the young gall-mites. This is the case, for 

 example, in the Alpine Rose {Rhododendron ferrugineum, cf. fig. 360 ^). Pocket- 

 axe closely allied to the scroll-like forms. The tissue of the leaf -lamina or 



Kg. 360.— Galls. 



' Oovering-galla on the petiole ol the Black Poplar {Populus nigra) produced hy Pemphigus spirotheca. 2 Scroll-galls on the 

 leaves of an Alpine Rose (Rhododendron ferrugineum) produced by gall-mites, s Transverse section of one of these galls. 

 ' and s Bud-galls on the branchlets of the Wild Thyme (Thymus Serpyllum) produced by gall-mites. « Blister-like 

 galls on the leaf of the Bed Currant (Ribes ruirum) produced by Myzus ribis. ' Part of the leaf seen from below. 

 ' Vertical section of a portion of this gall. » Solid gall on the leaf of the Gray Willow (Salix incana) produced by Ifematus 

 peiuneuli. w The same gall cut open. " Part of the wall of this gall in vertical section. 1. ', *, s, and » natural size ; 

 ' and « X 4; 8 and ' x 8; 8 and " x 60. 



petiole and sometimes that of the cortex in young twigs is subjected to a stimulus 

 where the animals (gall-mites, leaf -lice, diptera) settle, with the result that a hollow 

 protuberance arises whose excavated cavity serves as a temporary dwelling for the 

 insects. The protuberances exhibit a great variety of form and shape, and they 

 differ considerably in their internal structure. The following are the most notice- 

 able forms. First, the plaited galls. They form deep, plaited, sometimes twisted 

 channels in the leaf-tissue which open on the upper side by a narrow hole, and 



