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Yellowish fleshy swellings about the size of a pea, at the 
junction of root and stem, or on the radical root. Uni¬ 
locular. M. E. 
Mecinus collinus Gyllh. 721 
Syn. Gymnetron collinus Gyllh. 
Connold, Plant Galls, p. 246. Houard, No. 5031. 
Pea-like gall at the apex of the root just below the 
ground. Unilocular. M. E. 
Mecinus linariae Panzer 722 
Houard, No. 5030. 
Capsule swollen. 
Houard, No. 5025. 
Mecinus noctis Herbst. 723 
Terminal buds not opening : the leaves are drawn to¬ 
gether in a tuft, deformed, enlarged and thickened at the 
base, forming an ovoid gall about 5 mm. in diameter. 
Larvae whitish, gregarious. M. E. 
CONTAR 1 NIA LINARIAE Winn. 724 
Syn. IJiplosis linariae Winn. 
Connold, Plant Galls, p. 246. Houard, No. 5028. 
Scrophularia nodosa Linn. 109. Knotted Figwort. 
Seed case swollen. 
Mecinus beccabungae Linn. 723 
Syn. Gymnetron beccabungae Linn. 
Mosley, Brit. Galls, Nat. Journ., March, 1898, p. 56. 
Flowers deformed, remaining closed and globular, 
greenish or reddish-brown. Larvae gregarious, white or 
yellowish ; they occur in little depressions on the surface of 
the hypertrophied pistil, or on the stamens. M. E. 
Stictodiplosis scrophulariae Kieff. 726 
Connold, Plant Galls, fig. in. Houard, No. 5063. 
Veronica serphyllifolia Linn. 112. Thyme-leaved 
Speedwell. 
Terminal leaves clustered and thickened, forming a 
rosette, greenish, brown or purple. Larvae gregarious. 
Cecidomyia sp. 727 
Connold, Plant Galls, fig. 283. Houard, No. 5107. 
Veronica Chamaedrys Linn. 111. Germander Speed¬ 
well. 
The terminal leaves, covered with a felt of white hairs, 
have their margins more or less united with the under 
