204 AULAX SOABIOSJ1. 



Emphytus tener (Vol. I, p. 280). 



B. Olivier (Bull. Ent. Soc. Fr., 1890, lxxvii) de- 

 scribes the larva of this species as being very injurious 

 to vines, through the ? laying its eggs in the 

 pruned twigs of the vines, the larvae boring their way 

 down the twigs, devouring as they do so the medul- 

 lary canal, thus causing the branches to wither. The 

 larva, according to Olivier, is of a beautiful delicate 

 green colour. 



It is obvious that in this country the larva must 

 have some other food-plant than the vine. See Vol. I, 

 p. 28 L, for Stein's observations on its habits. 



Selandeia serva {ante, p. 168). 



From a note by von Stein the larva described by 

 Brischke under the name of Selandria serva is really 

 that of Sciojpteryx co status (cf . Ent. Nacht., ix, p. 247). 



Aulax soABiosiE (ante, p. 51). 



As indicated, Aulax scabiosse is recorded on the 

 authority of Mr. E. A. Fitch. I had, however, over- 

 looked a subsequent note of that gentleman (Ent., 

 xii, 131) to the effect that, having sent the bred imago 

 to Prof. Mayr, that authority reported that the species 

 was not Aulax scabiosse, but a new species between 

 A. scabiosse and A. areolatus. The gall of A. scabiosse 

 is as figured (after Mayr), while the gall formed by the 

 new species is monothalmous, and "consists of an 

 irregular oviform swelling on the midrib, situate at 

 the base of the leaf, where it shoots forth from the 

 petiole ; it is but slightly lighter in colour than the leaf 



