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established in the big banyan tree in Barrackpore Park, from 

 1872 to 1894 — tweuty-two years, — and I am now able to 

 add another ten years to its lung tenancy, making thirty-two 

 years up to Jnly 1904. Ou my last trip to India in 1902 1 

 was disappointed in not being able to visit Barrackpore, but 

 last July two friends, INIr. Yapp and Mr. Cowdrey, after being 

 well posted up with plans and specimens, had no difficulty in 

 finding tlie colony in the old place and in a strong and 

 flourishing condition. It seems possible that Myrmicaria 

 will continue to reside in this tree as long as it remains. 



" Afonomorium salomonis, Lin., and Sohnopsis gemmata, 

 Fab. In 'Notes on Indian Ants,' Transactions, March 1895, 

 viii, I mentioned a paper merchant in Madras who en- 

 couraged these ants in his godowns as a protection against 

 white ants — termites. Since that date my firm has opened a 

 branch in Madras, and on a recent visit there in November 

 1902, I found the godown sircars— the natives in charge of 

 the stock — had adopted the same plan and were fully con- 

 vinced of its efficacy. Certainly on close inspection the go lowns 

 wex-e found wonderfidly free from white ants in a strong 

 white ant country. I found the above two species running 

 about the godown floors in some numbers, also one or two 

 other species which I did not identify." 



Mr. Edward Saunders said he had made no observations as 

 to the length of ant tenure in a single locality, but the Rev. 

 F. D. MoRicB mentioned a colony which ho knew to have 

 existed at the same spot near Woking for the {>ast twenty 

 years. 



Mr. E. E. Grken exhibited a spider from Ceylon mimetic of 

 some Coccinellid beetle, at present unidentified. 



The President having remarked that spiders as a rule 

 mimic ants alone, Mr. Green said it was the only instance 

 of the kind he had come across ; and that he had not found 

 another example of the Arachnid in question. 



Col. J. W. Yerbury exhibited specimens of the deer 

 gadflies taken by him this year in Scotland, and read the 

 following notes upon them : — 



"During my sojourn in Scotland this year I was fortunate 

 enough to capture two out of the three species of gadfly which 



