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the form of tlic tliorax is appiirently the same as that ol' Cyuips. The 

 (question, ' Has Cyuips a male '? ' remains, in the opinion of those who have 

 attentively studied the group, unanswered; but surely more differences 

 must exist between 'spougifica' and the members of the restricted genus 

 Cynips than a less compressed abdomen, and the absence of the downy 

 pile that is observable on the sides of the abdomen of Cynips Kollari and 

 its allies." 



A discussion ensued, in which Messrs. Dunning, M'Lachlan, E. A. 

 Fitch and others took part, it appearing to some of the Members that there 

 was still a considerable amount of uncertainty as to the precise generic rank 

 of the presumed male Cynips. 



Papers read. 



The President, who was unable to be at the jMeetiug, forwarded a paper 

 entitled, " Notes on the Habits of a Lepidopterous Insect, parasitic on 

 Fulgora candelaria, by J. C. Bowring, with a Description of the Species, by 

 J. 0. "Westwood," accompanied by drawings of the insect in its various 

 stages. This curious insect, resembling a Coccus, had been brought to this 

 country twenty -six years ago by Mr. Bowring, and on his return to India 

 he had succeeded in rearing it to its perfect state, proving it to be the larva 

 of a Lepidopterous insect, the general appearance of which induced the 

 Professor to place it among the Arctiidae. The larvae were found attached 

 to the dorsal surface of the Fulgora, and as they grew had a cottony 

 covering, which also occurred in the pupa state (a period which appeared to 

 be of very variable duration]. The evidence appeared to prove that the 

 larvse fed on the waxy secretion of the Fulgora, and the cocoon of the 

 pupa was formed of the same substance. Prof. AVestwood had previously 

 noticed this extraordinary insect at the meeting of the British Association 

 at Oxford in 18G0, under the name of Epipyrops anomala. 



The Piov. Pu P. Murray forwarded a paper by Mr. W. H. Miskin, of 

 Brisbane, containing " Descriptions of New Species of Australian Diurnal 

 Lei)idoptera in his own Collection." 



Mr. Edward Saunders communicated the third and concluding portion of 

 his " Synopsis of British Hemiptera-Heteroptera." 



