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could be road and judged by tbo Avbole Club. Tbc President 

 announced that the hirge lianimer-liead shark Spliyrinas zijgaena 

 recently caught in the Gulf had been purchased for the Club 

 and that the skeleton was being prepared for the collection. 

 He also said that 24 ray stings were found sticking in its throat, 

 Avhich clearly showed that these sharks live largely on rays — Dr. 

 liak(^ read a letter from Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse, of the British 

 Museum, saying that the trap-door spiders and bees [Trigonasp.) 

 fiom Maraval were little known, and asking for some more 

 specimens in order to determine them. — Mr. Devenish showed 

 some large specimens of black scorpions from Mr. B. Devenish 's 

 estate at Montserrat and said that they were so niimerous as to 

 be quite a nuisance. A young girl had died recently from the 

 sting of one of these Araclmid.es. Mr. Devenish mentioned that 

 the best remedy for a scorpion sting was to suck the place stung 

 until blood was drawn. Mr. Potti'r announced that out of the 

 Silk-worm cocoons o\' Atto.cus cynfli i a givi-n him by Mr. Hart 

 two females and a male had emerged. At this stage of the 

 meeting the President left and on the motion of 'Sir John 

 Goldney, Mr. Devenish took the Chair. — Mr. Urich said that 

 about a fortnight ago, Mr. A. K. Gray called his attention 

 to a tree near the Soul hern market It was infested by a 

 species of rynchophorous beetle and was dying from their 

 attacks. It was important to report occurrences of this kind, 

 us the beetles or other insects causing the damage might prove 

 injurious to cocoa trees and canes and perhaps spread all over 

 the Island. Insect pests are very easily got rid of if taken 

 in time and Mr. Gray's examf-le should be followed by every 

 one. The Club made Economic Entomology a special feature 

 and its members would be always ready to give their assistance 

 and advice on questions of this kind. — Sir John Goldiiey 

 considered Mr. Urich's communication a most important one. 

 In Singapore recently that very important industry, the coco- 

 nut cultivation, was threatened with extinction by the coconut 

 beetle. Roughly speaking, a coconut tree in full bearing- 

 yielded a profit of eighteen pence a year and in an estate of 

 70,000 or 80,000 trees that was a considerable sum. It Avas 

 necessary, to save the industry, to pass an Ordinance by which 

 the Government gave power to certain officers to inspect and 

 destroy infected trees. Unless insect pests were taken in hand 

 at once, they Avould soon become very difficult todeal vTithand they 

 might wake up some fine morning and find the Avhole cocoa 

 industry gone, He thought matters of this kind should be 

 reported at once to the Club. — Mr. Urich said during the dry 

 season garden plants were subject to inset and fungus attacks. 

 In his garden the rose trees were attacked by the Powdery 



