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Notodonta rfromedarius, Lophopteryx camelina, Petasia cassinea, E'ndromis 

 versicolor (Glory of Kent moth), Aglaia tau ; all belonging to the Linnaean 

 i?6mbyces. Amongst the iVbctuidae are, Orthosis stabilis, Miselia aprilina, 

 Catocala fraxini ; and, amongst the Geometridae, Himera pennaria, Epionr 

 vespertaria, Lobophora hexapterata, together with Drepana ungnicula and 

 Hylophila prasinaria. One of the gall flies, also, (Cynips fagi) attacks the leaves 

 of 2<agu3 sylvatica, forming galls upon them ; and Psylla fagi Linn., also, feeds 

 upon the leaves, occasionally in such numbers as to cause them to appear covered 

 with white flakes of wool or cotton; the larvae and pupae being clothed with a 

 long downy secretion, perfectly white. (Reaum. Mem., torn. iii. pi. 26. fig. 1 — 6.) 

 The Fungi which grow upon the Beech, in Great Britain, are rather nume- 

 rous, and the following list of them has been kindly sent to us by the Rev. 

 M. J. Berkeley : — 



Those upon the Bark, Wood, or 

 fallen Branches, are: ^garicusmucidus 



Schrad., syn. A. nitidus Fl. Dan.,t. 



773., and our Jig. 1893.; A. salignus 



Pers.; A. mastrucatus Fr., syn. A. 



echinatus Sow., t. 99., and our fig. 

 1882. ; A. leoninus Schceff., t. 48.; A. phlebophorus Ditm., 

 Grev., t. 173., and our fig. 1885. ; A. adiposus Batsch, a 

 most splendid species, the pileus of which, in fine speci- 



6 m 3 



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1883 



