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in order to encoura<:;e the study of Economic Entomology 

 amongst its members the Club v/ould offer prizes of $30 and $20 

 for the two best essaj^s on that subject. Rules for competition 

 and date for sending in essays to be made known at a su))sequent 

 meeting. Some other business of minor importance was .also 

 discussed. — The following additions were announced as having been 

 made to the Club collection since last meeting : A little ant-eater 

 Ci/clo(hnrus didactijlus and a fine specimen of I{ej>a (jrandis 

 (locally called " King Cockroach ") presented by Dr. A. W. Wight ; 

 a little ant-eater ajid young one px'esented by Mr. V. A. . 

 Marryat ; a Great Ant-eate?', Myrmecojjhaga juhata from Vene- 

 zuela presented by Mr. H. Gaiiteaume ; and a peculiar Bombyx 

 caterpillar presented by Mr. Charles Maiiigot. ''The Secretary 

 exhibited on behalf of Mr. P. L. Guppy, a country member, a 

 sample of raw silk reeled from cocoons of Anther nxt pernyi on a 

 home-made machine — the caterpillars of which were reared by 

 him on the Almond tree, (Terminalia catavpa)^ some carded silk 

 of the same moth was .shown for comparison. The President said 

 that Mr. Guppy was to be congratulated on having been the first 

 member of the Club who had been successful in rearing silk-worms 

 in this islcxnd and it reflected great ci'edit on his patience and 

 perseverance. — The Seci-etary placed on the table some locusts sent 

 by Si'r. Guppy on behalf of Mr. Edgell J ohnstone of fe^n Fernando. 

 They were of the same species as tliose found at Maiizanilla 

 and a short discussion arose in which all present took 

 part. The conclusions arrived ^X were that the locusts which 

 occurred at Manzauilla and other parts of the Island very likely 

 belonged to Acridilnce and were not of the migratory species but 

 it was necessary to destroy them as they seemed to be multiply- 

 ing every year, and were capable of doing considerable injury to 

 the crops. — Dr. Rake announced that he ho.d seen a few days 

 previously a specimen of the rare butterfly PapUio aiujesihius at 

 Maraval. He also read a letter from the British Museum 

 authorities with reference to some trap-door spiders and ant-lions 

 fx'om Trinidad. The liame of the former was given as Actinotus 

 scalops and the latter belonging to the genus Glenurus. — M'« 

 Walker showed a cuiious spider-crab from the Five Islands. — The 

 President shov/ed .a sketch of a female centipede carrjdng its 

 young between the legs of the anterior tweh^e segments of its 

 body. He received the centipede from which the sketch was 

 made from Mr. Guiseppi on the 20tli June. The creature pro- 

 tected her young in this manner until the 25th June when she 

 altered her position and lay flat over them. On the 30th June 

 she left them but kept an eye on them, when undisturbed the 

 young centipedes formed a heap in which they remained for four 

 days. They then gradually began wandering away tVom the heap. 



