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the meeting, he should now vacate the chair in favour of the 

 Honorary President. As soon as Mr. Kirby appeared in the 

 chair, so legitimately his own, he was received with a simul- 

 taneous and most enthusiastic burst of applause ; we have 

 never before, at a scientific meeting, witnessed such a scene ; 

 the worthy man was quite conquered by his feelings, and sat 

 down at last unable to utter a single word. 



The Secretary then read a code of By-laws. 



It was proposed and resolved, that Mr. W. B. Spence be 

 appointed Foreign Secretary to the Society. 



Mr. W. B. Spence returned thanks. 



It was proposed, seconded, and resolved, that the thanks of 

 the Society be given to Mr. Yarrell, for his obliging and un- 

 remitting exertions in engaging and furnishing apartments, 

 and his zealous attention to the interests of the Society. 



It was proposed, seconded, and resolved, that the thanks of 

 the Society be given to Mr. Wateidiouse, the Honorary 

 Cui'ator, for his assiduous services. 



It was proposed, seconded, and resolved, that the thanks of 

 the Society be given to Messrs. Hope, Newman, and Davis, 

 for their kind and laborious exertions in framing and preparing 

 the By-laws of the Society. 



The Foreign Secretary then read a most interesting 

 account of a meeting of the German naturalists at Breslau. 

 As he was proceeding, 



Mr. Spence, sen. rose, and said: — I beg, Sir, to be allowed 

 to interrupt a moment, and offer a few words in explanation. 

 The fly described by Dr. Hammerschmidt, which has proved 

 very injurious to the wheat in Bohemia, is a species of Ceci- 

 domyia; and it is not a little remarkable, that Dr. Hammer- 

 schmidt should have given it the very same name which you 

 applied, Sir, to a species some years back; Cecidomyia 

 Tritici. It is, however, very different from that insect; the 

 injury done by Dr. Hammerschmidt's Cecidomyia is occa- 

 sioned by the larva? eating into the stem, and thus weakening 

 the plant ; whereas, Sir, your insect fed on the flowers of the 

 wheat, and thus prevented their fructifying. Its characters 

 also are very different. The destructive Hessian fly, described 

 by the American entomologist, Mr. Say, appears to be a 

 species of the same genus, but certainly differs from both the 

 others; the immense destruction it causes is said to be occasioned 



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