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had been carried out on behalf of the Ministry of Health, the Port 
Sanitary Authority and the Public Health Department of the City of 
Liverpool. At the request of the Canadian Government Prof. 
Newstead had undertaken an examination of the cargoes of grain 
ships arriving in this port from Canada, for the presence of infesta- 
tion by the flour mite, Alewrobius farinose, which in suitable 
conditions does immense damage to flour. During the year a very 
large amount of systematic work had been done. A remarkable new 
giant scale insect had recently been described by Prof. Newstead as 
Aspidoproctus africanus from Tanganyika Territory. A very large 
collection of sand-flies (Phlebotomus), of which genus at least one 
species is known to be the carrier of sand-fly fever, had been mada by. 
Major A. J. Sinton, V.C., in the North-West Frontier Provine* of 
India, and brought to Prof. Newstead to be dealt with ; some highly 
interesting facts regarding the distribution of some of ne species 
were mentioned. A very large and important piece of systematic 
work had been carried out by Mr. H. F. Carter and Drs. A. Ingram 
and J. W. Scott Macfie on the blood-sucking midges (Ceratopogonine) 
of the Gold Coast. A great many new species, representing several 
different genera, and also a new genus of this family had been 
described, many being in both the larval and pupal as well as the 
perfect stage. In most cases important facts as to the breeding- 
places and bionomics of the different species were recorded. This 
work is still far from complete, but when finished it will constitute a 
most important contribution to the literature of this family of tiny 
but exasperating insects. A new species of T'se-tse tly, Glossina 
schwetzt, had just been described by Prof. Newstead and Miss A. M. 
Evans. The material had been collected by Dr. J. Schwetz of the 
Sleeping Sickness Mission of the Belgian Congo, and to him the new 
fly was dedicated. Glossina schwetzi- ‘belongs to the group of large 
Tse-tse flies known as the fusca group, the “species of which cannot 
be separated by external characters alone. The Society inspected 
the Museum, which was not completed on the occasion of the ” last 
visit to the School in April, 1920. In the Entomological Section of the 
Museum was exhibited material connected with the work that the 
Professor referred to in his short address. The collections of biting flies 
were on view as well as a number of cases of tropical Coleoptera, 
Hymenoptera, Neuroptera, etc., of general interest. There were also 
some living examples of the larve of the rot hole breeding mos- 
quitoes, Anopheles plumbeus and Ochlerotatus geniculatus from the 
district round Liverpool; also adults of Culex pipiens and Anopheles 
bifurcatus. The members of the Hntomological Staff were highly 
gratified at the very keen interest that their visitors showed in the 
various exhibits and they well deserved the cordial thanks of the 
Society. During the evening it was announced that Prof. Newstead’s 
chief assistant, Mr. H. F. Carter, had been appointed Malariologist 
to the Government of Ceylon; accordingly a resolution congratulating 
Mr. Carter upon having been chosen for such an important appoint- 
ment was carried unanimously.— Wm. ManssripGe, Hon. Sec. 
