1865.) 95 



Offer of the larva of Qastropacha querdfolw.. — Having many more of these larva; 

 than I require, I shall be happy to supply, as far as my stock lasts, any entomolo- 

 gists who may be in want of them, on receipt of a box and return postage. — LJ. 



Cynvps Ugnicola in Lancashire. — I have this season bred Cynips lignicoJa, and 

 its parasite, Callimome devoniensis, from galls found at Rivington, in Lancashire. — 

 B. Cooke, 49, Ardwick Place, Manchester, 31si July, 1865. 



Phacopteryx brevipennis. — I captui'ed a female of this Trichopterous insect, near 

 Bowdon, on the 18th of June last. — Id. 



[This is the foui-th British specimen : one was in Curtis's collection (now in 

 Melbourne), and two are in my own cabinet. — R. McLachlan.] 



Galls produced by various species of Cynips, 8fc. — Having for many years been 

 an observer of the curious excrescences found on trees and plants, known as galls, 

 I have been much interested in the notice of several kinds in the pages of the 

 " Entomologist's Monthly Magazine." I have collected most of the British, and 

 some American galls, during a visit to that countiy a few j'ears ago, and am now 

 preparing for publication a volume containing illustrations, with some attempt at 

 a classification of them. Being desirous of making the work as complete as 

 possible, I shall include a coloured drawing and description of every known gall, as 

 far as my own observation extends, as well as of those described by othei's. 



I would suggest that your readers should furnish, through your pages, any 

 information as to galls not hitherto known or described, either found in our own 

 country or elsewhere ; or if not thought of sufficient interest or importance to 

 occupy your space, I should be glad of any communication direct. I may say that 

 I much want a specimen to draw from of the leafy gall found on Genista tinctoria, 

 which I have seen described, but never met with ; also the cottony gall of the 

 oak. — Wilson Armistead, Virginia House, Leeds, June, 1865. 



Entomological Society of London, August 7th, 1865. — F. P. Pascoe, Esq., 

 F.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Rev. Sir C. R. Lighten, Bart., of Ellastone, near Ashborne ; the Rev. 

 Joseph Greene, of Cubley Rectory, Uttoxeter ; H. Blake-Knox, Esq., of Daltry, 

 County Armagh ; H. S. Gorham, Esq., of 18, Brighton Road, Clifton ; and T. Parry, 

 Esq., of Merthyr-Tydvil, were elected Members ; and Mr. Wm. Rogers, of Lower 

 Tooting, was elected a Subscriber to the Society. 



Mr. McLachlan exhibited seven specimens of Myrmeleon formicarius (one 

 alive), which he had recently bred from larvae found at Fontainebleau in August, 

 186i, and also the larva and pupa in alcohol, and the cocoons. 



Mr. Wilson Saunders exhibited a living specimen of a lai'ge exotic grasshopper, 

 which Mr. Bates thought pertained to the genus Steirodon. Mr. Saunders had 

 received several examples in an immature condition from Mr. Marshall, who had 

 found them in a case of Orchids. They escaped in one of Mr. Saunders' hothouses, 

 and the one captured had committed great depredations on a plant of Cyanophyllum. 

 They fed only during the night, and in the day-time rested motionless on the 

 leaves, with the wng-cases in a horizontal position, the hind-legs entirely out of 

 sight, and the fore-legs extended in front of the head, parallel to the long porrected 

 antennaj. They apjjeared to be very cleanly creatures, and the one exhibited was 

 constantly engaged in cleaning its legs and antennaa by drawing them along its 

 ••-•outh. 



