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papaveris ; according to the diagnosis of Hartig and 

 Mayr it simply differs from papaveris in the antennas 

 being " brown," often yellowish or reddish at the base, 

 the scutellum without a furrow, and the abdomen in 

 ? more or less yellowish-red or castaneous-brown 

 beneath. I find, however, so much variation on all 

 these points, as also in size, among specimens reared 

 from capsules collected at the same time, that I can 

 scarcely look upon minor as a good species. 



This insect galls in the seed-vessels of the poppy (P. 

 dubius and rhoeas). The capsules may be distorted 

 and enlarged, or hardly at all. Internally we notice 

 two changes : the entire gall may be converted (as in 

 the typical papaveris, which is also enlarged) into a 

 spongy mass, in which the round larval cells are irre- 

 gularly embedded in the mass, the septa being en- 

 tirely obliterated; or (as in the typical minor) the 

 septa remain, and the larval cells are placed between 

 and usually completely separated from each other ; 

 these capsules being very little, if at all, enlarged or 

 distorted. 



If distinct, both papaveris and minor are found in 

 Britain. 



The species has been found in Berwickshire by Mr. 

 James Hardy; at Hereford by Dr. T. A. Chapman; 

 and West wood records it from Guildford. 



The parasites are Pezomachus papaveris, Foer. ; 

 Raptrocnemis papaveris, Foer. ; Lochites papaveris, 

 Mayr ; Holaspis militaris, Boh. ; Orymus papaveris, 

 Perris ; Gerrospilus arcuatus, Ratz. 



Continental distribution : Sweden, Germany, 

 Austria. 



B. Antennae, ? 12 — 13-, $ 14-jointed. 



1 (2) The hinder margin of the fore wings ciliated ; the abdomen 

 more or less at the base and the legs reddish ; the third joint 

 of the antennai longer than the fourth. Hieracii. 



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