AULAX HYPOCH^RIDIS. 47 



They are found from June to September. 



The galls of this species are eaten in France by the 

 peasants, according to Reaumur (Mem., hi, p. 416). 

 He says, " Dans certaines annees ou elle en etoit 

 chargee, les paysans se font avises de manger de ces 

 pommes du lierre terrestre, et les ont trouvees 

 bonnes. J'en ai goute, leur faveur aromatique m'a 

 paru tenir beaucoup de celle que l'odoratu fait 

 imaginer que la plante doit avoir : au reste, il faut 

 cueillir de ces galles de bonne heure, pour ne pas les 

 avoir trop seches et trop filamenteuses. Je ne scais 

 pour tant si elles pourront jamais parvenir a etre mises 

 au rang des bons fruits." 



The known parasites are Torymus splendens, T. 

 glechomse, Foer., T. cingulatus, Nees., T. rosarum, 

 Gir., Eupelmus brachypterus, Gir., E. Degeeri, Dalman, 

 Pteromalus glechomse, Foer., Tetrastichus glechomse, 

 Gir., Eurytoma rufipes, Brischke, and the ichneumon 

 Pezomachus diastrophi, Gir. 



Widely distributed in England and Scotland ; also 

 in the Isle of Man, where it was found by Miss 

 Constance Abrahall. 



Sweden, Germany, France. 



Obs. — The Cynips glechomse, Linn., is not this species, as is shown by 

 the terms " thorace villosa." 



2. AULAX HYPOCH^RTDIS. 



PL IX, fig. 5, gall. 



Aulax hijpochseridis, Kieffer, Verh. z-b. Ges. Wien., xsxvii, 205 



Black; antennae filiform, 14-jointed, black, with a greyish pubes- 

 cence ; the third joint somewhat longer than the fourth. Face striated, 

 the front and vertex shagreened. Thorax shining ; mesonotum almost 

 glabrous, very finely but clearly wrinkled. Scutellum without 

 median furrow ; at the base with two large fovea3 ; in front of the same 

 sculpture as the mesonotum. Wings hyaline ; radial cellule open at 

 the base at top. Areolet distinct. Legs reddish-yellow ; base of coxa? 

 and tarsal joints black. Abdomen very shining (Kieffer). 



Length 2*1 — 22 mm. 



