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were probably a distinct species from those found by Mr. Moore, 

 as they were fusiform and pure white. Both kinds differed some- 

 what from those exhibited by Mr. Fitch at a previous meeting of 

 the Society. 



Mr. Fitch said that when he exhibited the specimens of 

 Eriopeltis festuca (Signt.), he considered these curious woolly 

 Coccida had not been previously noticed in Britain, but he had 

 lately found a reference to that species, or to those now exhibited 

 by Mr. Waterhouse (which appeared to be abundantly distinct), in 

 the ' Proceedings ' for 1856, pp. 26, 27. 



Mr. Douglas communicated the following extract from a letter 

 addressed to him on December 30th by M. J. Lichtenstein, of 

 Montpellier, and the specimens referred to therein were ex- 

 hibited: — '•! send you some Coccids, Chionaspis euoyiymi, 

 described and figured by Comstock in his Second Ficport. 1883, 

 part 2, p, 217, pi. v., fig. 2, and pi. xvii., fig. 2, begging you to 

 show them to the Entomological Society, and to say that the fine 

 shrub, Euonymits japonicus, is largely cultivated here and at 

 Nismes as an ornamental plant in our public gardens, and was 

 thought to be free from insect-damage. But some two or three 

 years ago there began to be observed a little Coccid, very rare at 

 first, but now become quite a plague, and threatening to render 

 the culture of the Euonymus impossible, as all tlie shrubs attacked 

 are killed. I hepe this species is not yet a British Coccid, l)ut it 

 might well become a nuisance in England. It would be inte- 

 resting to know if it is a Chinese or Japanese insect, and how and 

 when it invaded America and Europe." 



Mr. Douglas added that Euonymus jajwnicus was introduced 

 into England from Japan in the year 1804, and, as it is now a 

 common shrub, there should be no difficulty in stating whether 

 this Chionaspis has yet been noticed here. It will be observed 

 that all the white scales with which the leaves are covered are 

 those of the males, those of the females being grey, of an entirely 

 different form, and fewer in number. 



The President exhibited specimens of Tettix Australis (Walker) 

 received from Mr. Olliff. of the Sydney Museum, who had cap- 

 tured them at the Puver Nepean, New South Wales; Mr. OUiff 

 stated that the insect was decidedly subaquatic ; he had found the 

 insects not only on the surface of pools, but eight or ten inches 

 below the suriace on the stems of water-plants, and they descended 



