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The left antenna, as frequently occurs in these animals, is aborted, 

 having only thirteen joints, and the apical joints, by way of compensation, 

 are somewhat stouter. 



Found in rotten timber, Mt. Pelee, Martinique. 



Scolopendra Guildingii, Newp., a small species remarkable for the 

 structure of its hindmost pair of legs, is found in Antigua. 



July 3, 1878. 

 H. W Bates, Esq., F.L.S., F.Z.S., President, in the chair. 



Donations to the Library were announced, and thanks voted to the 

 donors. 



Election, of a Member and Subscriber. 



Mr. Basil George Nevinson, of 19, Torrington Square, W.C., was ballotted 

 for and elected an ordinary Member. Mr. John A. Finzi, of 105, Gower 

 Street, W.C, was ballotted for and elected a Subscriber. 



Exhibitions, dc. 



Mr. F. P. Pascoe exhibited a selection of insects of all orders, as well as 

 of Arachnida and Myriopoda, from a collection recently made during a tour 

 through Algeria and the South of Spain. Among the specimens exhibited 

 were Scorpio fanestus from the desert, Geophilus rubro-vittatus, Tarisa 

 dimidiatipes, Platyblemmus unihraculatus, Anthocharis nouna, Typhlopoyie 

 oranensis, &c. He also called attention to a remarkable Myriopod, having 

 the cylindrical body of the Julidai, but with only one pair of legs to each 

 somite. 



Mr. W. C. Boyd drew attention to the food-plant of Elachista cerussella, 

 which has always been reputed, both in this country and on the Continent, 

 to feed in the leaves of Arundo phraginites. He stated that although he 

 could not positively assert that the insect never feeds on this reed, he 

 much doubted its doing so, as the Arundo does not usually come into leaf 

 till the larva of Elachista is half-grown. All the specimens which he had 

 bred were found in the leaves of Pfialaris arundUiacea, a grass which 

 somewhat resembles A. phragmites before the flower appears; hence, no 

 doubt, the mistake. 



Mr. H. T. Stainton remarked that although Mr. Boyd had shown that 

 the Elachista larva undoubtedly feeds in Phalaris arundinaceo , it must still 

 be regarded an open question whether it does not also feed in Arundo 

 phragmites. 



