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Election of Fdhics. 



Mr. W. G. Blatch, of 214, Green Lane, Small Heath, 

 Birmingham; Mr. F. J. S. Chatterton, of 132, Queen Victoria 

 Street, E.G.; Mr. Charles Fenn, of Burnt Ash Hill, Lee, 

 S.E.; and Mr. George B. Routledge, of 50, Russell Square, 

 W.C, were elected Fellows. 



Exhibitions, dc. 



Dr. D. Sharp exhibited specimens of a beetle of the family 

 Bruchida; [Caryohorus laccrchp), and the nuts resembling small 

 cocoa-nuts from which they had been reared, and stated that 

 three of these nuts had been sent him from Bahia, by the late 

 Senor Lacerda, about six years ago, and one of the beetles 

 had in part effected its exit from the nut during the voyage ; 

 a second beetle had recently emerged after the nuts had been 

 in this country for five years ; the exact date of appearance 

 had not been noticed, but Dr. Sharp had little doubt it was 

 during the warm weather of 1889. The example in the third 

 nut had been interfered with when received, but had under- 

 gone its metamorphosis and had died within its nut. Dr. 

 Sharp added that the facts left little doubt that tbe means of 

 exit for the perfect insect were provided by the larva boring 

 a hole through the very hard nutshell, which hole was not, 

 however, visible externally, as it was not carried quite to the 

 surface, but left the outer skin intact. Dr. Sharp also 

 exhibited several specimens of Diptera collected by Mr. 

 Herbert Smith in St. Vincent, and read a letter from him to 

 Mr. Godman on the subject of the vast number of species of 

 this order which he had recently collected in that island. 

 Mr. M'Lachlan, Dr. Mason, Mr. Waterhouse, and Mr. Elwes 

 took part in the discussion which ensued. 



Mr. R. T. Lewis, F.R.M.S., on behalf of Mr. W. M. Maskell, 

 of Wellington, New Zealand, exhibited a collection of Coccidce 

 from that Colony, in explanation of which the following 

 extracts were read, from a letter addressed by Mr. Maskell 

 to Mr. Lewis, and dated "Wellington, New Zealand, Feb- 

 ruary 16th, 1890 :— 



" I am going to ask that, if not giving too much trouble. 



