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 INSECTS Xestophanes brevitarsis, Thorns. Similar swellings on the stems of P. tormen- tilla. Guest/ing, Hollington, Hastings Periclistus caninas, Htg. Distorts and en- larges galls of R. eglanteriae. Guestling Diastrophus rubi, Htg. Spindle-shaped poly- thalamous swellings on the stems of Rubi. Guest ling. Fair light, Beauport Park All the following galls are found on the oak :— Andricus glandium, Gir. Forms a number Beauport Forms of galls within the acorn. Park on Turkey oak (Quercus cerris), Hollington on common oak (Q. robur) ostreus, Gir. The oyster gall ; small, breaking out from the ribs of the leaf ; common fecundatrix, Htg. The artichoke gall ; the true gall is hidden in the greatly developed leaf buds ; common on the catkins globuli, Htg. Green globular bud gall. Guestling, St. Helens inflator, Htg. Gall concealed in the greatly thickened and shortened shoots ; not uncommon radicis, F. Large polythalamous swell- ings on the lower part of the trunk. Hastings, Guestling, etc. trilineatus, Htg. Galls concealed in the twigs ; not common sieboldii, Htg. Gregarious conical galls on the twigs, red when young, brown and striate when old. Bexhill, Guest- ling, Crowhurst, etc. testaceipes, Htg. Small elongate galls on the mid-rib or petiole. Hastings, Hol- lington corticis, Htg. Galls on the thick roots or on the trunk where the bark has been injured. St. Helens, Hollington inconspicuous gall on the adventitious buds concealed in the bud scales curvator, Thoms. Irregular bladder-like swellings containing a small gall ; com- mon quadrilineatus, Htg. Longitudinally fur- rowed galls on the catkins. Guestling, Hastings, etc. ; not uncommon cirratus, Adler. Oval galls on the cat- kins with woolly hairs at the apex callidoma, Thoms. A leaf bud gall on a long peduncle. St. Helens, Hollington 123 Andricus albopunctata, Mayr. A bud gall, green spotted with white. Fairlight, Hollington, etc. — glandula?, Schenck. A bud gall some- times like an acorn and cup, at other times truncated. Guestling, St. Helens, Hollington — solitarius, Fonsc. A pointed and spindle- shaped bud gall covered with ferrugi- neous hair. Guestling, St. Helens, etc. Cynips kollari, Htg. The marble gall ; on the twigs ; common ("Trigonaspis megaptera, Pz. Small reddish I galls c galls on the adventitious buds ; not un- I common — renum, Gir. Small kidney-shaped galls on the veins of the leaves ; not uncommon j^Biorhiza terminalis, F. The well known "I oak apple ; common (Dryophanta folii, Htg. The cherry gall ; on the mid rib of the leaf; common — taschenbergi, Schl. Small oval velvety galls on the adventitious buds. Hol- lington longiventris, Htg. Gall like that of D. folii, but smaller and striped. Guestling, Hastings bergi — agama, Htg. Globular leaf galls with large central cavity. Guestling r — divisa, Htg. Galls smooth with small central cavity. Guestling — *verrucosa, Schl. Oval greenish or yel- lowish galls — disticha, Htg. Gall like a flattened orange. Guestling, Hollington [Neuroterus lenticularis, Oliv. The common spangle ; very abundant baccarum, L. The currant gall ; on leaves and catkins ; common fumipennis, Htg. Like the common spangle, but smaller ; not uncommon tricolor, Htg. Small and whitish covered with glistening white hairs ; not un- common Isviusculus, Schenck. The smooth spangle ; very common albipes, Schenck. Galls small, indenting the edge of the leaf. Guestling, Hastings — numismatis, Oliv. The silk button gall ; common — vesicatrix, Schl. Gall embedded in the leaf marked with rays from the centre. Guestling, Hastings — aprilinus, Gir. A pea-like bud gall matur- ing very quickly. Battle Great Wood u
 * pilosus, Adler. Very small, hairy galls
 * gemmatus, Adler. A very small and
 * collaris, Htg. A small bud gall almost
 * Not yet observed in the district, but m
 * ■ — aptera, F. Small galls on the roots
 * similis, Adler. Gall very like taschen-