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a specimen of Sinodendron ci/lindricioii (Col.), from a decaying beech 

 tree in Epping Forest. 



Mr. A. W. Dennis exhibited the " apple moss " Bartramia 

 pomiformis, from Dorl^ing, 



Mr, H. Moore exhibited an exotic homopteron, Pt>/eliift tiarescens, 

 F., and contributed the following note: — - 



" There is a ' Cuckoo-spit ' found in E. Africa, which on account 

 of its large size and copious secretion of fluid, and its habit of 

 congregating in considerable numbers on certain trees, gives it a 

 somewhat uncommon interest. We are chiefly indebted to Mr. 

 S. L. Hinde, who sent specimens to Prof. Poulton some years ago 

 (1906), who published the details in the Transactiom of the Ent. 

 Soc. Loud., for most of what we know of them. Mr. Hinde says, 

 every branch of a tree 40 ft. high was covered with them — that 

 there was a continuous drip like rain under the tree, from their 

 secretions, and that when within 6-10 ft. of the insects they looked 

 like flowers and fruit or buds. When alive the insects are yellow, 

 which however quickly fades, and relaxing for settmg does not 

 improve them. The specimens exhibited came from the Nairobi 

 district. He also showed a specimen of Gowpjlns (lonijyloides from 

 Ceylon." 



Mr. 0. K. Goodman exhibited Timarcha violaceo-nigra, the small 

 "bloody-nose" beetle, which he had taken on the sheep-leas, 

 Horsley, on May 8th, when it was abundant; and also reported the 

 occurrence of the lizard, Lacerta viripara, on the same ground. 



Mr. Coxhead exhibited a series of sketches of galls with, in 

 numerous cases, drawings of the insect producer of the same. 



Mr. Turner showed three specimens of the very large dragonfly 

 Mecistof/aster caeruleata from Central America. It is one of the 

 largest species measuring nearly six inches in expanse of wings. 



Mr. Grosvenor exhibited a large number of bird-skins he had 

 obtained while stationed in India in 1917-18, mainly from the 

 Punjab. The exhibit included the Hornbill which plastered up the 

 female whilst sitting on her eggs in the hollow of a tree, the Blue 

 Kingfisher, an abundant bird round the ponds, the House Crow, a 

 bird much too friendly to the household, in crowds everywhere, the 

 Bank Mynah which always followed the Great Grey Shrike which 

 was a migrant to England, the Wintail Swallow which built its 

 nest in the wells for water, the Rock Parraket which, although a 

 frequenter of trees, built its nest in buildings, the Copper-smith 

 whose note resembled the sound from a small anvil when struck, 



