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— and if it should prove so, it is a very singular fact — by 

 the pressure of the pupae against the grain while in a tender 

 and immature state. I beg, Sir, to call your attention, and 

 that of the meeting, to the great advantage which our agri- 

 cultural interests would derive from a close and minute 

 investigation of the economy of all those minute but injurious 

 animals which prey upon our crops, and to observe how im- 

 portant it is to acquire a knowledge of this before attempting 

 the application of a remedy. 



The Foreign Secretary finished, reading the communica- 

 tion. 



The Honorary President then announced, that the next 

 meeting would be held on the first Monday in December, and 

 future meetings on the first Monday of each succeeding 

 month, and that the chair would be taken at eight o'clock 

 precisely ; also, that the time for original members joining the 

 Society had been prolonged to the first of January, 1834, in 

 order to allow ample time for those enrolling their names who 

 might not, previously to the present meeting, have been made 

 acquainted with the plan and objects of the Society. 



Second Sitting. — December 2. 



The room was excessively crowded; a considerable number 

 of members not even being able to find seats. This will, we 

 believe, be remedied before another meeting, arrangements 

 having been made for the introduction of several more benches. 

 The fact is, that even the most ardent of the originators of the 

 Society formed no idea of the magnitude and importance 

 which it was so soon to attain. We observed in the room 

 Mr. Spence, Dr. Grant, Dr. Roget, &c. 



The Secretary read a " Paper on the Nomenclature of the 

 Parts of the Head of Insects, by Mr. Newman."'^ Some pen 

 and ink drawings, illustrative of the subject, were handed 

 round the room. 



The Secretary read a " Paper on the Hessian-fly," handed 

 by Mr. Spence, stating, that published accounts of this insect 

 were full of inaccuracies. 



Mr. Spence made a few observations in explanation. 



The President read a letter from Mr. Westwood, calling the 

 attention of the Society to the entomological aftairs of the 



'^ See Article VI. 



