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earlier than in England; Gelechia boreella; and finally Hyponomeuta 
evonymella, L. (padi, Zeller), the larva of which Mr. Kedle had observed to 
cover the trees of bird-cherry with its webs to a remarkable extent,—a piece 
of web exhibited was a yard long. 
Mr. Bond also exhibited an example of Vanessa Atalanta, bred by 
Mr. Jackson, which still retained the larval head. 
Prof. Westwood said that this form of monstrosity was very rare. He 
could call to mind only four recorded imstances: (1) Nymphalis populi, 
(2) Gastropacha quercifolia and (8) Dytiscus marginalis in the British 
Museum, and (4) a Syrphus in the Oxford Museum. 
Mr. Bond laid before the Meeting some beautifully executed photographs 
of the eggs of bird parasites, taken from microscopic slides, prepared by 
Mr. Norman, of 178, City Road. 
Mr. Miller exhibited several galls, collected by Mr. Trovey Blackmore 
in Morocco, as follows :— 
Firstly. On the cork tree (Quercus suber), a monothalamous, ioraeert 
bullet gall, standing on a peduncle of an inch in length, emanating from a 
thin twig: colour dark gray, with irregular fuscous veins; surface rough, 
greatest diameter 15 mill. Undoubtedly the home of a true Cynips. 
Mr. Blackmore informs me that he “cut it from a cork tree, near Cape 
Spartel: many others were on the same tree.” 
Secondly. On an undetermined species of oak (Quercus ?); on the 
under side of a leaf, and attached to the lateral ribs. .4.—Monothalamous, 
pea-shaped, flattened galls: ground colour mahogany-brown, irregularly 
sprinkled all over with small darker spots, some of which are reddish and 
ocellate, with a pale dot in the centre; surface more or less polished and 
shining (four specimens); size variable; greatest diameter of the largest 
specimen 15 mill.; of the smallest 6 mill. These galls show great affinity 
_ to those of Cynips agama, Hartig. .—Deeply wrinkled, flat, brownish 
spangles seated right across the lateral ribs; greatest diameter 5 mill. If 
not a very immature stage of the gall A, these spangles may belong to a 
Neuroterus. Mr. Blackmore observes of A and B that “ he remembers 
obtaining them all from one oak tree in the Gibel-el-Kebir, a small 
mountain near Tangier, either in March or April.” 
The Rev. H. §. Gorham exhibited a beetle new to the British list, 
concerning which he made the following remarks :— 
* Oxytelus fulvipes, Erichs. Kafer der Mark B. 590; Genera et species 
Staph. 787; Kraatz Naturg. der Ins. Deuts. 11. 852. Of the indigenous 
species most allied to O. rugosus, F’ab., from which it differs as follows :— 
The head, thorax and elytra are much less closely punctured, especially the 
former, which also lacks the depression of the clypeus, conspicuous in 
rugosus; this part also being shining instead of opaque. The thorax is 
proportionally shorter and more narrowed towards the base; the lateral 
