Author: Edward Newman

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-27

Total Pages: 940

ISBN-13: 9781527767782

Excerpt from The Entomologist, 1874, Vol. 7 Against each other (as is also the case in Cynips Ter ricola), forming altogether a brown mass, on the extreme of which the outline of each separate gall is readily to be perceived. When recent this gal] is said to be succulent, but when dry its section exhibits a reddish mass of cells, divided from each other by their septa. Harting states these galls have but one cell, but on investigation I find that the smaller or pea-sized specimens possess from one to three cells, and the larger or cherry-sized galls from three to five, or in some instances as many as nine; these larger cells are ova], measurmg seven millemetres in their longest, by six mille metres in their shortest, diameter, and are enclosed in a pale yellow, softish, thinly-walled capsule, which is throughout firmly united with the substance of the gall. - G. L. Mayr. The existence of Biorhiza aptera, whose gall has been often found on the roots of oak-trees in the south of England, is liable to be shortened by the introduction of the germ of a new life within it, as it is not secure from Callimome Roboris, one of the gorgeous Chalcidiae, or metallic-coloured flies, of which much must be said afterwards - acis Walker. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.