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men sent one of the perfect insects, stating that the damage occasioned had been 

 very great this season. Mr. Meade has kindly identified the insect as Hylemyia 

 nigrescens, End., and says it is nearly allied to H. cardui, which feeds in the flower 

 heads of thistles. — R. McLachlan, Lewisham : April 14th, 1892. 



CoccidcB in Jamaica. — The Institute of Jamaica has issued a Circular Notice 

 that it has ready for distribution, at a nominal price, sets of CoccidcB prepared by 

 Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell, the Curator of the Museum. " It is hoped that they will 

 be of service not only to students, but also to horticulturists and those interested 

 in agriculture in tropical countries, who often have to contend with scale-insects 

 which they rarely have the means of identifying ;" and we trust that this effort in 

 economic entomology may have the success that it merits. — Eds. 



Cambeidge Entomological and Natural History Society : February 

 nth, 1892.— A Meeting of six old Members of the Society was held at Mr. Jones', 

 59, Trumpington Street, to discuss the possibility of setting the Society going again, 

 the last Meeting having been held March 8th, 1889. The advisability of altering 

 some of the existing rules was discussed, one item being the changing the name of 

 the Society from " The Cambridge Entomological Society " to " The Cambridge 

 Entomological and Natural History Society." As several Members of the Uni- 

 versity were desirous of joining, and the Anniversary Meeting had always been held 

 in February, it was decided that the next Meeting sliould be the Anniversary 

 Meeting. 



February 26^^.— Anniversary Meeting.— Mr. Gr. H. Bryan, M.A., President, 

 in the Chair. 



In the absence of Mr. Theobald, Mr. Farren acted as Secretary. Messrs. A. 

 M. Moss, A. Eashleigh, H. S. Fitzroy, W. Morrow, C. Woodhouse, M. White, C. 

 Wells, W. H. Powell, H. T. P. Smith, W. C. Feetham, H. Eltringham, R. LI. 

 Hodgson, A. S. Shrubbs, and Gr. Watkinson were elected Members. 



The proposed alterations in the rules having been made, the officers for the 

 ensuing year were elected as follows :— President, Mr. A. M. Moss ; Vice-President, 

 Mr. G-, H. Bryan, M.A. ; Hon. Secretary and Treasurer, Mr. W. Farren, F.E.S. ; 

 Hon. Librarian, Mr. A. Jones; and as other Members of Council, Messrs. C. Wood- 

 house, C. Wells, and H. Ellringham. 



March llth. — Mr. A. M. Moss, President, in the Chair. 



Messrs. W. Gr. S. Malim, H. C. T. Langdon, and H. Y. Ball were elected Members. 



Mr. F. y. Theobald, F.E.S., sent for exhibition two cases of Diptera : one 

 showing the life-history of the "daddy long-legs" {TipuJa), T. oleraeea, T. gigantea, 

 and T. lutescens ; and the other being a case of Tahanus bovinus and T. asilus ; also 

 a box of living specimens of " the corn and rice weevils," Calandra granaria and 

 C. oryzcB. The Seci'etary read some notes on the exhibit by Mr. Theobald. Mr. 

 Farren exhibited a long series of Noctua f estiva, with a row of the small Scotch 

 forms, erroneously described by Newman as conjlua, and, for comparison, some of 



