letter should be sent to Mr. Taitt acknowledging his services to 

 the Club. Mr. Devenish seconded. Mr. Taitt's resignation 

 was formally accepted, and on the President's motion. Mr. Urich 

 was appointed Secretary j)ro fem. A communication was read 

 from Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell about the small grey slug of 

 Europe, Agriolima.v agrestis.we.U known as a garden pest, being 

 found in Jamaica on strawberry plants. — The acting Secretary 

 read the report of the General Business Committee upon the 

 scheme for forming a living collection of the animals of the 

 island. The report was adopted unanimously, and on the 

 motion of Mr. Hewlett, seconded by Mr. Potter, it was agreed 

 to postpone this collection until the Museum Avas in a more 

 advanced stage. Mr. Potter exliibited a fine specimen of the 

 Lantern fly, which he said he had caught at St. Anns. This 

 specimen was the third one which had been taken in that locality, 

 and it was always in the dry season they were found. — ^Mr. 

 Urich exhibited on behalf of ^Ir. A. II. Gray, two tortoises and 

 a fine male sjiecimen of the Hercules beetle (Scaraheus liercidey.) 

 captured at Matura, on his cocoa estate. Mr. Urich said that 

 one of the tortoises belonged to the family of Tcsfndtniihi', and 

 was known locally as the Galape. This faniily was 

 recognized by the feet of the different species having distinct 

 digits armed with sharp claws, and united by a membrane or 

 web, and also by having a retractile neck. On the other hand, 

 the second specimen's neck Vas not retractile, but bant laterally, 

 Avhen the reptile wished to protect it. It very likely l^elonged 

 to the family Cheh/<ll<hv ^vh'ich was represented in tropical 

 regions by a large number of small-sized species. — The beetle 

 belonged to the La me.JJi comes which comprise a vast assemblage 

 of beetles, many of which are celebrated for beauty of form 

 and splendour of colour. The males often differ from the 

 females in having projections on the head and tliorax, and in 

 the greater size of their mandibles. — Mr. Guppy exhibited some 

 finecocoons of the Chinese oak silk worm, Antheraeapernyi which 

 had been reared on almond leaves Terminalia caiappa after 

 having been imported from England. A nearly full grown 

 caterpillar was also shown by Mr. Guppy. — Mr. Mole said that 

 in October last he received a centipede from Mr. Libert, holding 

 its young with the legs of the fore part of the body, and bend- 

 ing its body round to protect them. The centipede was sent to 

 London, but died on the voyage, and only one of the young 

 ones was found in the box. Dr. Sclater. the Secretary of the 

 Zoological Society, had written to the effect that he had made 

 inquiries, but could not hear whether this curious fact in the 

 natural history of centipedes had ever been noted before. As 

 this did not seem to be well known, and the season was 



