[Acacia Galls. — Remarkable specimens were received from Baron von Mueller from Australia. They were referred to Mr. Blandford for examination.1]
Acacia
W. H. F. Blandford, a Fellow of the Entomological Society and Lecturer in Entomology at the Indian Engineering College at Staines (UK) was a member of the committee in attendance at the meeting. At the meeting of the committee held on 25 April, Blandford reported upon his examination
of the large woody galls (wrongly referred to Acacia), sent to the last meeting by Baron von Muller from Australia. They appeared to be formed at the base of the leaves. The gall was occupied by a large solitary coccid, the head being turned away from the orifice by which the larva escaped. Mr. McLachlan observed that coccids usually live externally on plants; but for some time a group has been known, including several species, which form galls on Eucalyptus in Australia, the coccids being sometimes upwards of an inch in length (p. xxiv).
Letter not found. The text given here is from a report of the meeting of the Scientific Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society held on 11 April 1893 (Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society of London, n.s., vol. 16 (1893-4), p. xxiii. The letter is dated to March 1893 as the latest likely date that it could have been sent to have been considered at that meeting.
Please cite as “FVM-93-03-00a,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on