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  In 
  the 
  discussion 
  on 
  the 
  above 
  four 
  papers, 
  Mr. 
  Kotinsky 
  

   had 
  observed 
  Plusia 
  chalcites 
  ovipositing 
  on 
  violets 
  on 
  Tantalus; 
  

   while 
  Mr. 
  Giffard 
  had 
  seen 
  it 
  ovipositing 
  on 
  Salvia 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  

   place. 
  Referring 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Terry's 
  notes, 
  Mr. 
  Kotinsky 
  observed 
  

   that 
  in 
  Dactylopius 
  there 
  is 
  frequently 
  a 
  variation 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  

   of 
  antennal 
  segments, 
  one 
  species 
  having 
  either 
  seven 
  or 
  eight, 
  

   and 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  noted 
  that 
  the 
  additional 
  segment 
  is 
  usually 
  

   formed 
  by 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  the 
  third. 
  

  

  APRIL 
  5th, 
  1906. 
  

  

  The 
  fifteenth 
  regular 
  meeting 
  was 
  presided 
  over 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Kirkaldy. 
  

  

  Member 
  elected: 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  E. 
  Chambers. 
  

  

  Amendment 
  to 
  Constitution: 
  After 
  due 
  notice 
  given 
  at 
  the 
  

   previous 
  meeting, 
  Mr. 
  Kirkaldy 
  moved 
  that 
  Article 
  VI 
  of 
  the 
  

   Constitution 
  be 
  amended 
  to 
  read 
  "The 
  annual 
  meeting 
  for 
  the 
  

   election 
  of 
  officers 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  regular 
  meeting 
  for 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  

   December," 
  instead 
  of 
  "January," 
  as 
  it 
  reads 
  at 
  present. 
  The 
  

   motion 
  was 
  seconded 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Van 
  Dine 
  and 
  carried. 
  

  

  Notes 
  and 
  Exhibition 
  of 
  Specimens. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Kotinsky 
  exhibited 
  thirty-two 
  specimens 
  of 
  Dacus 
  

   cucurbitae 
  bred 
  from 
  a 
  tomato, 
  collected 
  in 
  the 
  city; 
  this 
  was 
  the 
  

   first 
  record 
  of 
  this 
  pest 
  on 
  tomatoes, 
  although 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  pre- 
  

   viously 
  spoken 
  of 
  as 
  occurring 
  on 
  this 
  fruit. 
  He 
  had 
  ascertained 
  

   from 
  Mr. 
  Maxwell-Lefroy, 
  Government 
  Entomologist 
  of 
  India, 
  

   that 
  the 
  fly 
  occurs 
  in 
  India 
  and 
  is 
  there 
  kept 
  in 
  check 
  by 
  parasites. 
  

   Mr. 
  Weinrich 
  said 
  that 
  tomatoes 
  and 
  melons 
  were 
  being 
  attacked 
  

   at 
  Sisal 
  by 
  this 
  fly. 
  Mr. 
  Van 
  Dine 
  stated 
  that 
  over-irrigation 
  

   makes 
  the 
  plants 
  subject 
  to 
  attack 
  by 
  this 
  fly 
  more 
  succulent 
  

   and 
  therefore, 
  more 
  vulnerable; 
  artificial 
  pollination 
  and 
  imme- 
  

   diate 
  covering 
  of 
  the 
  fertilized 
  flowers 
  are 
  means 
  resorted 
  to 
  on 
  

   these 
  Islands 
  for 
  securing 
  cucurbitaceous 
  fruit. 
  

  

  