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from the under side of the head towards the breast, and the 

 general color of the insect is a deep black, excepting the abdo- 

 men, which is blood red, with conspicuous black spiracles on the 

 sides of the abdominal rings. 



" I also exhibit the egg-mass of the same insect. This compri- 

 ses about 1 20 eggs, glued to the bark of a tree, resembling a 

 collection of minute, slender, black jars standing upright and 

 very near each other, each jar having a contracted neck, and 

 a light-colored lid, the latter being ornamented with a horizontal 

 fringe of projecting rays." 



BROWNIAN MOVEMENT IN MILK. 



Mr, Brevoort made some remarks on the Brownian movement 

 in freshly-drawn human milk, stating that he had observed that 

 the movement varied, being most active at the birth of the off- 

 spring, and diminishing in rapidity as time elapsed. 



Mr. George E. Ashby was elected an active member of the 

 Society. 



