ON GORSE AND BROOM 
209 
? Elongated swelling, 50 to 70 mm. long, at the apex of 
the stem, deeply furrowed longitudinally, 24 to 30 mm. in 
circumference. There is occasionally much curvature. 
Leaves shortened, swollen at the base, and crowded. 
„ 553 
Connold, Plant Galls, fig. 115. The cause of the 
swelling was unknown to Connold. I have not observed 
it, and it is not mentioned in Houard’s “Zoocecidies des 
Plantes d’Europe.” 
Ulex nanus Roth, {minor Forster). 27. Lesser Gorse. 
Coleop- Pea-like swelling on stem. See No. 551. 
tera Apion SCUTELLARE Kirby 554 
Houard, No. 3403. 
Cytisus scoparius Link. 109. Common Broom. 
)> Elongated ovoid swelling on the stem, 40 to 60 mm. 
long, about 5 mm. in diameter, containing numerous 
larval cavities just beneath the bark. 
Apion immune, Kirby 355 
Houard, No. 3428. 
Diptora Axillary buds deformed, swollen and fleshy, ovoid, 
sessile or definitely stalked, 5 to 12 mm. long. The in¬ 
florescence is sometimes attacked, the buds remain closed, 
and are slightly swollen. Unilocular and unilarval. 
Larva greenish ; it does not leap. May to October. 
Asphondylia sarathamni H. Low 556 
Connold, Plant Galls, fig. 75- Houard, Nos. 3414, 557 
3422. 
, Pod deformed, having at its basal end a swelling about 
the size of a pea. Rarely two galls are present on a pod. 
Each gall contains a single orange-coloured larva. June 
to August. M. G. 
Asphondylia Mayeri Liebel 558 
Connold, Plant Galls, fig. 76. Binnie, Proc. Glasgow 
Nat. Hist. Soc., 1877, P- II2 - Houard, No. 3412. 
„ In an axillary bud. A smooth tube-like gall, 5 to 10 mm. 
long, 2 mm. in diameter, or less. Apex with four or five 
teeth curving outwards, or two teeth bending inwards. 
The aperture is always provided with numerous shining 
hairs directed upwards. Larva red. M. E. 
Perrisia tubicola Kiefifer 559 
Houard, No. 3423. 
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