. The American entomologist. Entomology. THE. VOL. 1. ST. LOUIS, MO., FEBRUARY, 1869. JS-O. 6. oDbc S^mcrkait ^ntanioloqist. PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY JR. F. STmDXiB^Sr «Sb CO., 104 OLIVE STREET, ST. LOtTlS. TKUMS One dollar per aiimim in lulvimcc. EDITOIIS : llENJ. 1). Ituck Nliinil, 111. t'H-VS. V. KILEY,'ilW Clark Av SI. Lonis, Mo. ( .WD THEIR .\RCHITECTS. Ill tlic laiigiuigc ol'Xaturulists, "galls" iire all such dc'tuiinalioiis of living and growing' plants, as are produced by one or more insects or other allied animals residing llierein, and deriving their nourishment the
. The American entomologist. Entomology. THE. VOL. 1. ST. LOUIS, MO., FEBRUARY, 1869. JS-O. 6. oDbc S^mcrkait ^ntanioloqist. PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY JR. F. STmDXiB^Sr «Sb CO., 104 OLIVE STREET, ST. LOtTlS. TKUMS One dollar per aiimim in lulvimcc. EDITOIIS : llENJ. 1). Ituck Nliinil, 111. t'H-VS. V. KILEY,'ilW Clark Av SI. Lonis, Mo. ( .WD THEIR .\RCHITECTS. Ill tlic laiigiuigc ol'Xaturulists, "galls" iire all such dc'tuiinalioiis of living and growing' plants, as are produced by one or more insects or other allied animals residing llierein, and deriving their nourishment therefrom. For ex- ample, the common " nut-galls '' of commerce, to be found in every druggist's store, and which are such an indispensable ingredient in all our writing-inks, are caused by an exotic species of tiall-fly (Cynijjn) attacking an exotic species of oak, as our common oak-apples (Fig. 78) are caused by an American Gall-Hy, very similar to that shown in ligure 81, 'ijut smaller, attack- ing an American oak. In the language of surgeons and butchers, the word "gall'' has a very ditt'erent meaning, being applied to the fluid otherwise known as bile which is contained in the gall-bladder. But with this use of the term we have now nothing to do. Galls are of various sizes and colors, and of almost every conceivable shape, .'^^ome resemble a large rose, some have the appearance of a pine-cone (Fig. 8i'). some imitate the sprouts from a cabbage-stalk (Fig. 81), some look like a tomato (Fig. 89), some like a potato, some like an apple (Figs. 78 and Fig. 85 a), some like smaller fruits (Figs. 79, and Fig. 80«), some like the garden flower known as Cockscomb (Fig. 87), and some like the veritable comb of a cock (Fig. 90). Some again arc smooth, some wrinkled, soiue downy or hairy, a few so trans- parent that the living insect can be seen inside them, but most of them impervious to light. Some on the other hand are so fragile that tliev can be readily crushed iii a chi
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