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ordinary, and they came in such incalculable numbers, that I 
thought it would be interesting to your Lordship to be in- 
formed of the circumstances I have mentioned. 
I have the honour to be, &c., 
(Signed) W. Branprorp GrirFits, 
Governor. 
The Most Honourable 
The Marquess of Ripon, K.G., F.R.S., &c.” 
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Colonel Swinhoe stated that some years ago he had been 
requested by the Indian Government to report on plagues of 
locusts. He said he had witnessed swarms of these insects 
far larger than the one just reported from the Gold Coast, and 
mentioned that many years ago, when going up the Red Sea 
in one of the old P. and O. paddle-boats, the boat had 
frequently to stop to clear her paddle-wheels from locusts, 
which had settled in such swarms as to choke the wheels and 
stop their action. 
Mr. C. G. Barrett called attention to a field excursion to 
the Cotswolds, which it was proposed to have in June. Fellows 
of the Society were requested by the President to communicate 
to Mr. Barrett, as early as possible, their views as to the date 
which would be most generally convenient for such excursion, 
and to offer any other suggestions on the subject which might 
occur to them. 
Papers read, cc. 
Mr. Edwin C. Reed communicated the following “ Notes on 
the Migratory Locust of the Argentine Republic” :— 
‘‘During the months of October and November, 1891, the 
migratory locust of the Argentine Republic, generally spoken of 
as Acridium paranense, but by many considered to be identical 
with the Old World species, A. pereyrinum, emerged in im- 
mense numbers from its constant habitat, near the River 
Plate, and invaded the western and south-western regions of 
the Argentine Republic. 
Day by day telegrams were received here of its advance 
towards the Andes, but no one imagined that it would pass 
them; yet about Dec. 10th telegrams from Southern Chile an- 
nounced that it had entered this country. A few days after 
PROC. ENT. SOC. LOND., 11., 1893, E 
