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galls in the May or June

of the second year. Xenophanes
Potentilla, Villers.
Rosa canina, L. Stem and leaf.
The well-known Bedeguar or
Robin's pin-cushion occurs on the
stem, and frequently single celled
specimens occur as bright red
hairy patches on the leaves. The
beautiful green and red multi-
locular galls vary much in size
and shape, and the desiccated spe-
cimens are often conspicuous ob-
jects in the hedges in winter. The
gall-flies emerge from the galls in
spring. Rhodites Rosa:, Linne.

Fig. 6. Rhodites Rosa.
(Fig. 6).
Rosa canina, L. Leaf and leaf-
stalk. The smooth, round, pea-
sized galls occur generally on the
under side of tho leaflet, but occa-
sionally on the upper side or on
the leaf-stalk, and I once found a
specimen on the fruit. They are
green in colour, reddish when
turned to the sun, but later become

brown; their attachment to the

Fig. 7. Rhodites Eglanteria.
leaf is very slight, and when mature
they fall to the ground at the least touch. The gall-flies
emerge in spring. Rhodites Eglanteriae, Hartig. (Fig. 7).
Rosa canina, L. Leaf. These
galls are somewhat similar to the
last, but are beset with from three
to six spines of unequal length
on their surface. They occur on
the under side of the leaflet, and
generally resemble those of R. Eg-
lanteriae in situation, size, struc-

ture, &c, with the above exception,

Fig. 8. Rhodites Rosarum.
Rhodites Rosarum, Giraud. (Fig. 8).