( iv ) 



li Gryllus (Locusta) grossus, Linne (1766), Syst. Nat., i., 

 702 (nee. Berk. nee. Steph.) ; Fabr., Ent. Syst., ii., 61. 



" Acrydium grossum, Latr., Hist. Nat. Crust, et Ins., xii., 155. 



" (Edipoda grossa, Serv., Orth., 741. 



" Gomphocerus grossus, Burm., Handb. der Ent., ii., 651. 



'• Mecostethus grossus, Fieber, Synopsis Lotos, iii., 99 ; 

 Brunner v. Watt., Prod, der Eur. Orth., 94, fig. 24. 



" Stetheophyma grossum, Fischer, L., Orth. Eur., 357, 

 pi. xvi., figs. 3-3« ; White, A., Brit. Mus. List, xvii., 16. 



" Gryllus (Locusta) fiavipes, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. Linne, 

 ed, xiii., Tom i., part iv., p. 2088, No. 230 ; Donovan, Nat. 

 Hist. Brit. Ins., xii., 87, tab. 391. 



" Locusta flavipes, Stephens, Illustr. Brit. Ent. Mandib., 

 vi., 21. 



" Gryllus germanicus, Stoll, Repres., tab. xxiii. b, fig. 89. 



" Acridium rubripes, DeGeer, Mem., iii., 477, tab. xxii., 

 fig. 4." 



Mr. H. Goss read a communication from Prof. Riley, of 

 Washington, on the subject of the "Australian Bug" 

 (Icenja purchasi). It was stated that the insect had of late 

 years become very destructive to various trees and shrubs in 

 California, into which country, as well as into New Zealand 

 and Cape Colony, it had been introduced from Australia, 

 where it was believed to be indigenous ; but on this point 

 further evidence was asked for. 



The Rev. T. A. Marshall communicated " A Monograph of 

 the British Bracoiiirftf." Part 2, being a continuation from 

 Part 1 of the ' Transactions' for 1885. 



Mr. Francis P. Pascoe read a paper entitled " Descriptions 

 of some new species of Brachycerus.'' 1 



Mr. Francis Galton, F.R.S., read a paper on "Pedigree 

 Moth-breeding as a means of verifying Certain Important 

 Constants in the General Theory of Heredity." In this 

 paper Mr. Galton suggested the institution of a system of 

 experimental breedings, to be continued for several years, 

 with the object of procuring evidence as to the precise 

 measure of the diminution of the rate at which a divergence 

 from the average of the race proceeds in successive genera- 

 tions of continually selected animals. 



