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macropus from Claremont; A. pallens from Deal; Liosomus 
Troglodytes from Faversham; and LL. oblongulus from 
Caterham. 
Brachycentrus subnubilus Bred.—Mr. W. C. Boyd exhi- 
bited living larva of Brachycentrus subnubilus, which had 
been reared from the eggs. ‘They fed upon Conferve, and 
the cases constructed by them were clearly quadrangular 
(though the angles were not prominent) and very diaphanous, 
so that the movements of the larve could be discerned 
within. 
Pempelia Davisella Bred.—Mr. Vaughan exhibited Pem- 
pelia Davisella reared from larva, feeding in a web, upon 
shoots of Ulex. 
Biorhiza aptera on Roots of Deodars.—Mry. Miiller re- 
marked that at a meeting of the Scientific Committee of the 
Royal Horticultural Society, on the 12th instant, Dr. Masters 
had exhibited some galls found at Wimbledon on the roots 
of Deodars. That gentleman had since submitted to him 
further specimens of this gall, which he had found to agree, 
in external and internal structure, with those of Biorhiza 
aptera, Fad., usually occurring on roots of oak. Mr. Miiller 
stated that he had since bred several specimens of Biorhiza 
aptera from these Deodar galls, and that he believed it to 
be the first instance where a true Cynips had been known to 
transfer its attacks from oak to any species of Conifer. 
Hybrid specimen of Clostera—Mr. Bond exhibited a 
hybrid specimen between Clostera curtula and C. reclusa, 
partaking of the characters of both parents. 
Congregation of Psen.—Mr. Jenner Weir exhibited speci- 
mens of a minute species of Psen, which he had observed in 
large numbers in June last, on a pear-leaf at Lewes. They 
had congregated together on the surface of the leaf like a 
swarm of bees, though it was not apparent what motive 
brought them together. 
Humble-bees wanted for New Zealand.—Mr. Dunning 
read some portions of a letter which he had received from 
Mr. Nottidge, enclosing the Eighth Report of the Canterbury 
(New Zealand) Acclimatization Society, and stating that the 
red clover had been introduced into the colony, but that they 
had no humble-bees to fertilize the plant. Also that certain 
Lepidopterous insects had been accidentally imported into 
