(SS sh ia) 
arisen in the case of the Colorado Beetle, was generally 
deprecated. 
Mr. Ganan stated that specimens of a beetle of the family 
Cassidide had lately been received at the Natural History 
Museum from an official source, with inquiries as to whether 
they were examples of the San José scale. 
March 16th, 1898. 
Mr. R. McLacutan, F.R.S., Vice-President and Treasurer, 
in the Chair. 
Exhibitions. 
Mr. Cuampion exhibited specimens of Acanthia inodora, 
A. Dugeés, from Guanajuato, Mexico. This insect, a congener 
with the common Bed-bug, was found in fowl-houses, where 
it attacked poultry. 
Mr. Wainwricut exhibited a locust found alive in broccoli 
at Birmingham. ‘The insect was identified by Mr. Burr as 
Acridium egyptium. 
Mr. Turr showed a series of captured examples of Cadli- 
genia miniata, varying in colour and the amount of black 
markings, one example being a clear yellow and another 
orange. 
The SecreTary exhibited part of a series of holograph 
letters, &c., which he had discovered among old papers in 
the Society's Library, including communications from 
Kirby, Spence, Darwin, Hope, Yarrell, Westwood, Babington, 
Wollaston, J. F. Stephens, Lacordaire, Kolenati, Guenée, 
LeConte, and other entomologists. That from Darwin, written 
in 1853, unfortunately contained nothing of importance, but 
some of the others were interesting ; as an example, the MS. 
of the origina] account of the Tsetse-fly communicated to 
the Society by Spence might be mentioned. 
Amongst other documents exhibited were the voting papers 
used in the first election of the Society, held in 1833. From 
these it appeared that the name of Mr. G. R, Gray, of the 
