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The insect has been determined as a species of Hurytoma by 
Messrs. Morice, Morley and Schmiedeknecht, to whom the 
exhibitor submitted specimens. According to live examples 
sent the larvae feed on the kernel of the almond and pupate 
early in the spring in the cavity made in the kernel. The 
fly appears to emerge in the spring, and presumably lays the 
eggs in the soft almonds. There was one larva in each almond 
sent, and neither the shell nor the kernel had any outward 
sign of frass. Whether the fruit thus infested falls off, is not 
stated. 
Many species of Eurytoma are parasitic in other insects, for 
instance the larvae of weevils. This one is undoubtedly 
phytophagous. It appears to me to be closely allied to, if not 
identical with, a species which is very injurious to plums and 
prunes in South Russia, Hurytoma schreineri, Schreiner (Zeits. 
Wiss. Ins.-Biol. iv, p. 26 (1908)). 
The exhibit touches upon some questions of Nomenclature. 
Eurytoma is one of those genera of which Entomologists fight 
shy on account of the slipshod work of Walker. The advance 
of our knowledge of the genus has decidedly been retarded by 
Walker’s descriptions. Under such circumstances would it 
not now be advisable to put the stumbling-block out of the 
way? It could be done by a careful re-examination of 
Walker’s types, or, if that is not possible for some reason or 
other, by treating the names as invalid. Science should not 
suffer for the sake of mere names. 
Another point of Nomenclature is raised by the name Herr 
Schreiner, of St. Petersburg, has given to this or a closely 
allied insect. He says in describing the species that the 
Insect perhaps deserves to bear the name of schreinevi, which 
name he spells with av. Must we call the species Hurytoma 
schreinevi, Schreiner, or schreinert, Schreiner (1908) 2 
The Rev. F. D. Morice inquired whether the Chalcid was 
possibly parasitic on something that fed on the almonds, but 
Dr. Jordan said that those he had certainly fed on the almond 
itself. 
TINEA PALLESCENTELLA BRED FROM HARE’S HAIR.—Mr. R. 
Apxin exhibited specimens of 7. pallescentella that he had 
reared in January last from larvae found feeding in a bale of 
