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Stated that a large field of mangolds belonging to the Knight 

 of Kerry, in the Island of Valenlia, had been totally destroyed 

 by it. The specimen was examined by several of the 

 niembeis, who agreed that it was the larva of a coleopterous 

 insect, but in consequence of its imperfect condition it could 

 not be determined. 



Mr. Douglas, who was unable to be present at the meeting, 

 had forwarded to Mr. Jenner Weir a letter he had received 

 from Mr. R. A. Ogilvie, enclosing specimens of an insect 

 found in great quantities in a jar of pickles (piccalilly). 

 They confined their attacks to the pieces ot cauliflower in the 

 jar, which they appeared to relish, notwithstanding the 

 vinegar, mustard, pepper, &c., in the pickles. The specimens 

 had been submitted to Professor Wesiwood, who replied that 

 "the flies were the common Dionopliila cellaris^ whh their 

 curious Iwo-liorned pupae; and they frequent cellars and 

 cupboards, delighting in stale beer, wine, &c." He supposed 

 that " the cauliflowers were more to their taste than the other 

 things in the jar, being n)ore succulent and flabby." In 

 answer to a question put by Mr. Ogilvie, he said that the 

 eggs were laid in the pickle-jar, and not in the vegetables 

 beibre they were pickled. 



Mr. Douglas also ibrwarded a letter he had received from 

 Mr. A. H. Swinton, of Guildibrd, enclosing a specimen of 

 Myrmica ruyinodis, which, on being placed under a wine- 

 glass, stationed itself at the rim, head downwards, and 

 rapidly vibrating the abdomen, continued "an intense noise," 

 resembling the spiracular piping of the Dipleron, Syrilia 

 pipiens. 



Mr. Enock remarked, with reference to a spider which had 

 been exhibited by Sir Sidney Saunders at a previous meeting 

 as Ail/pus Sulzeri, that he had taken the specimen himself at 

 Hampstead, and that he had since referred it to the Rev. O. 

 Pickard-Canibridge, who stated that the insect was certainly 

 not J. Sulzeri, but that he considered it to be A. Beckii 

 (Cambridge), which would probably be found to be the same 

 as A. picevs (Thorell), though he was not certain, as the only 

 female which he had of that species was too much damaged 

 to admit of any satisfactory comparison. The type of A. Beckii 

 was an adult male given to him by the late Richard Beck, 

 who was uncertau) of the locality, though Mr. Cambridge 



