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and very shortly a fungus joins the body to the leaf. The 

 enclosed specimens have been dead two or three days. The 

 fungus ap]5arenlly originates in the body of the fly. Would 

 you kindly give it your attention, and let rae know your 

 opinion ? 



[1 have nothing to add to tlic case so distinctly stated by 

 Mr. Llewelyn, except that the same phenomenon has frequently 

 been observed, and that no satisfactory explanation has been 

 given. When flics are thus fixed on the surface of glass, 

 there is an excellent opportunity for examining the fungus 

 with a lens, — Edward Newman.] 



Joseph Anderson, jun. — The insects are Pterochlorus 

 longipes of Passerini, and probably also the Lachnus 

 fascialus of Burmeister. Kaltenbach tbuud them feeding on 

 the trunks of Pinus Strobus, or Weymouth pine; and Zetter- 

 stedt found them also on the spruce. They have a remarkably 

 long rostrum, although perhaps not quite equal to that of 

 Lachnus Roboris, constituting the genus Stomaphis of 

 Walker, Mr. Buckton has examined the specimens, and 

 has most kindly supplied this information. — E. Newman. 



IMrs. Rawlinson. — The molh is probably a small specimen 

 of the death's-head hawk moth, Acherontia Atropos. — E. 

 Newman. 



William Thomas. — I captured a specimen of a beetle on 

 August 3lst, on some palings, near this place, which exactly 

 agrees with the plate given in the 'Annual' of Alhous 

 diflbrmis : it uttered a kind of hissing sound when moved. 

 It is the .only example 1 have captured. The following is the 

 colouring: — wings, legs and antennaj coppery brown, looking 

 quite transparent when exposed to the sun ; the antennaj 

 seem to be kept constantly quivering; the thorax with two 

 yellowish transverse bands above; it is woolly below, like 

 willow-down : there are no other markings about the body, I 

 think there can be no doubt as to the species. 



[I must forbear to express an opinion. (2) The drawing 

 is a very good representation of the larva of the dagger-molh, 

 Acronycta Psi, (3) The beetle is Anchomenus prasinus, and 

 is very common. — Edward Newman.^ 



James Hooper. — The creeping insects on the willow, 

 whether wiifged or apterous, are a species of Aphis, or plant- 

 louse. The black spots are caused by the dropping of a 

 saccharine secretion from the Aphides: the bluebottles 



