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in which the gall-gnat larva lives. It emerges from the
pseudo-gall and pupates in the earth. Diplosis botularia,
Winnertz.
Scrophularineae.
Veronica Beccabunga, L. Flower-head. The flower-head
or seed capsule is transformed into an oval gall of about 1/4 in.
long by 1/6 in. broad. The yellowish, hairy larva pupates
within the gall. Gymnetron Beccabunga, Linne.
Veronica Chamaedrys, L. Leaf.
The terminal bud, when galled, be-
comes arrested in development, and
is a thickly-haired, whitish-green
tuft. The orange-yellow larvae pu-
pate amongst the closely imbricated
woolly leaves, often several in a
pseudo-gall. Cecidomyia Veronicae,
Vallot. (Fig. 13).
Labiatae.
Nepeta Glechoma, Benth. (Gle-
Fig. 13.
Cecidomyia Veronicae.
choma hederacea, Eng. Bot.). Leaf.
Small, hairy, tubular galls, occur-
ring in some numbers on the upper
sides of the leaves. When mature
the galls readily fall from the leaf,
leaving several round holes in it.
The single pale yellow larva pupates
within the fallen gall. Cecidomyia
Bursaria, Bremi. (Fig. 14).
Nepeta Glechoma, Benth. Leaf,
leaf-stalk, stem. Bound, oval, or
irregularly shaped, hairy, fleshy,
green galls, sessile on the leaf-
stalk or stem, occupying the place
of a leaf, but often with the leaf-
edge produced from the gall. The
Fig. 14.
Cecidomyia Bursaria.