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think Mr. Walsh has determined beyond question. The 
impregnation of a single female may possibly be sufficient to 
render her progeny, and their descendants, for several 
generations, equally fertile; and the same may possibly be 
the history of Nematus gallicola) The male bred by Mr. 
Walsh is said not to belong to the restricted genus Cynips, 
but to one not represented in Europe. This may be the case ; 
but in all essential generic characters it agrees in a remarkable 
manner: ‘Spongifica,’ like Cynips proper, has thirteen- 
jointed antennez ; the neuration of the wings is the same, and 
no difference is perceptible in the construction of the legs; 
the differences that are perceptible are in its abdomen being 
less compressed, and it is glabrous; there may be some other 
minor differences; the form of the thorax is apparently the 
same as that of Cynips. The question, ‘Has Cynips a male?’ 
remains, in the opinion of those who have attentively studied 
the group, unanswered; but surely more differences must 
exist between ‘ Spongifica’ and the members of the restricted 
genus Cynips than a less compressed abdomen, and the 
absence of the downy pile that is observable on the sides of 
the abdomen of Cynips Kollari and its allies.” A discussion 
ensued, in which Messrs. Dunning, M‘Lachlan, E. A. Fitch, 
and others, took part; it appearing to some of the Members 
that there was still a considerable amount of uncertainty as to 
the precise generic rank of the presumed male Cynips. 
Habits of a Lepidopterous Insect parasitic on Fulgora 
candelaria.—The President, who was unable to be at the 
Meeting, forwarded a paper, entitled: “ Notes on the Habits 
of a Lepidopterous Insect parasitic on Fulgora candelaria, 
by J. C. Bowring; with a Description of the Species, by 
J. O. Westwood ;” accompanied by drawings of the insect in 
its various stages. This curious insect, resembling a Coccus, 
had been brought to this country twenty-six years ago by Mr. 
Bowring; and on his return to India he had succeeded in 
rearing it to its perfect state, proving it to be the larva of a 
Lepidopterous insect, the general appearance of which 
induced the Professor to place it among the Arctiide. The 
larvee were found attached to the dorsal surface of the 
Fulgora, and as they grew had a cottony covering, which 
also occurred in the pupa state (a period which appeared to 
be of very variable duration). The evidence appeared to 
prove that the larva fed on the waxy secretion of the 
