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83) In [[underline]] strob. [[/underline]] [[male symbol]] ant. are 20 or 21 - jd. the last 2 - jts [[image - pencil drawing of three segments of insect numbered 1 to 3]] apparently connate, 1 + 2 = 3 + 4 in length. In dry [[male symbol]] [[strikethrough]] joints seem [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] in recent [[male symbol]] [[strikethrough]] [[pupey?]] brass [[/strikethrough]] ^[[insertion]] rhodoides [[/insertion]] joints are globular [[image - pencil drawing of three segements]] [[strikethrough]] otherwise [[/strikethrough]] ^[[insertion]] & [[/insertion]] both ^[[insertion]] are [[/insertion]] alike in number of jts. &c. April 12. Dug a somewhat flaccid yellowish ^ [[insertion]] opaque [[/insertion]] [[strikethrough]] Cyn [[/strikethrough]] Cecidomyiad larva ^ [[insertion]] .16 long [[/insertion]] out of [[underline]] R.R. brass. [[/underline]] gall, to the side of which was attached a single whitish ^ [[insertion]] hyaline [[/insertion]] (parasitic) larva, ^ [[insertion]] .107 long [[/insertion]] external & attached by its mouth. x Cecid. contained no other larvae. The white larva was similar to the (solitary) whitish ones found in the Cecid. cells. Found also 2 more of the black parasitic imago found in these cells long ago. Found four cells empty. Parasite gone? The use of "horns" to rub thro' cocoon. Antennae lie in a groove formed between the front legs & the ant. edge of the wing. Cec. [[underline]] [batatas podagrae] [[/underline]] (pupa) has longish thorns at base of antennae [[symbol]] strobilae. in { [[strikethrough]] cranaboides [[puple?]] brass [[/strikethrough]] thodoides} [[male symbol]] apparently a brislle [[symbol]] throw In Cec. [[underline]] s. siliquae [[/underline]] the wing-cases of the pupa skin are decidedly dusky; in cec. s. strobil. [[insertion]] ^ &c [[/insertion]] scarcely. [Depends upon maturity.][[insertion]] ^ All these willow cecid. pupae anteriorly turn black a day or so before coming out. [[/insertion]] In Cec. {[[strikethrough]] cramboides [[pufsy?]] brass [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined]] rhodoides [[/underlined]] [[insertion]] ^ 3 [[/insertion]] [[male symbol]] 3rd vein unites obviously with 4th [[image - pencil drawing of veins]]; in siliquae & [[underline]] strobili. [[/underline]] scarcely, [but in middle specimen of c.s. siliquae it seems to unite distinctly] & often it is continued straight towards the base of wing as in Asynapta Origin of wings {fulvous rufous} [[insertion]] ^ May 12th [[/insertion]] both in recent [[strikethrough]] [[?]] brass [[/strikethrough]] [[insertion]] ^ rhodoides [[/insertion]] [[symbol for male]] & recent [[underline]] strobil. [[/underline]] [[symbol for female]] -- venter whitish pulverulescent [[line]] Cumming's Hunter's Life in Africa I. p.280 [[insertion]] ^ & append. 295, &c [[/inseriton]] mentions [[strikethrough]] an [[/strikethrough]] elephants having scooped out the gravel with their trunks in order to clear a hole to get water. Remarkable reasoning powers. [[image]] [[end page]] [[start page]] [[NOTE: This page not well organized; there are notes and side notes. Difficult to tell which apply to which]] 84) (Gall Makers) A) [Abdomen rufo [[strikethrough]] ous [[/strikethrough]] [[insertion]] ^ sanguineous in life, brown in death [[/insertion]] (thorus pupa long, having woody matter to work through like that of guest gall-midge of Brassicoides) [[NOTE: To the right of the above paragraph:]] S. [[underline]] Podagrae [[/underline]] B [Abdomen brown black [[insertion]] ^ in life & death [[/inseriton]] (thorns pupa short) a. Bifurcation complete ([[underline]] (cocoon long, [[/underline]] (see p.88) [[strikethrough]] [[not]] [[/strikethrough]] truncate; front pupa skin pale) } S [[strikethrough]] [[underline]] Cramboides [[/underline]] [[/strikethrough// [[strikethrough]] [[?]] brass. [[/strikethrough]] [[underline]] Rhodoides [[/underline]] Bifurcation complete. [[underline]] Cocoon short [[/underline]]; front pupa [[?]] pale. [[note at right side of paragraph reads:]] [[underline]] amaranthus [[/underline]] + gemmae [[note at left side of page reads:]] [[underline]] gemmae [[/underline]] has front pupa-skins a little dusky. [[end note]] b. Bifurcation incomplete antennae broken, but from pupa skin about 20 j. & cocoon brown not white + front pupa-skin dusky (p.89) p.94 (cocoon [[^ long; [[strikethrough]] (not truncate?) [[/strikethrough]] p. 89. & cocoon [[underline]] brown [[/underline]] not [[underline]] white [[/underline]] p. 94.[[underline]] S. siliquae [[/underline]] [[note on right of page between S. Siliqua and S. Strobiloides: ]] imago alike ++ front pupa-skin pale (cocoon long; [[strikethrough]] truncate [[/strikethrough]] [[note at right of page]] [[underline]] S. strobiloides [[/underline]] [[line]] (Gall-makers) [[marginal note on left]] remaining S {[[strikethrough]]cramboides [[/strikethrough]] [[underline]] Brassicoides [[/underline]] thorns pupa [[insertion]] ^ singular? [[/insertion]], shortish, cocoon short. S [Amaranthus] gnaphalioides cocoon short [underline]] S Gemmae [/underline]]cocoon short? [[end marginal note on left]] [[symbol for Alpha]]) galls polythalanious [[insertion]] ^ (cocoon short) [[/inseriton]] [[NOTE: refers to:]] (S. [[strikethrough]] podagra [[/strikethrough]] batata [[Symbol for Beta]] ) galls [[insertion]] ^ monothalamous body [[/insertion]] [[strikethrough]] or at [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] many growing continuously together ([[inseriton]] ^ cocoon short [[/insertion]] bifurcation [[strikethrough]] [[rather]] incomplete & often runs past [[for?]] = asynaptic [[NOTE: refers to:]] = S. brassicoides [[symbol for Gamma]]) galls monothalamous always growing [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] singly [rest] [[NOTE: refers to:]] coccoon long} S.rhodoides (1 S.siliquae [[insertion]] ^ not a deformation of a single bud [[/insertion]] (5 S. stroblioides (3 cocoon short} S. gemma (4 S. [[strikethrough]] amaranthus [[/strikethrough]] [[insertion]] ^ gnaphalioides [[/insertion]][[/strikethrough]] (2 [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] fulvi- [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] ventris [[image]] on strob. & rhodoides [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[strikethrough]] (1 [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [?]] [[/strikethrough]] cornutus horns (on brassic) pupa [[line]] [[strikethrough]] [[?]] (on strobili) [[/strikethrough]] [[line]] orbitalis on euura gall [10 species +] [[end page]]