9542 Entomological Society. 



a sealed letter indorsed with the fictitious signature or motto adopted by its author, 

 and inclosing the name and address of the writer. 



The Prize Essays shall be the property of, and will be published by, the Society. 



Exhibiiions, ^c. 



Mr. Bond exhibited specimens of a gall found on a willow tree near Cambridge; 

 the tree was fifty feel high, and almost every twig appeared to posses its gall, which 

 took the form of a premature lermiual development of leaves in whorls, so as to 

 resemble a flower-head. He had observed the galls only the day before the Meeting ; 

 the leafy excrescences were then dry and withered, and he was unable to state what 

 was their colour when fresh. 



Mr. W. W. Saunders remarked upon the similarity between this and the Swiss 

 gall which he had exhibited at the Meeting of November, 1864 (Zool. 9377), in 

 which, however, the leaf-like processes were not spread out, but were adpressed lo 

 the stem. 



Mr. Bond also exhibited varieties of Colias Edusa and Vanessa Urticae, both 

 captured in Norfolk or Suffolk ; each was remarkable from having the wings, par- 

 ticularly the hind wings, conspicuously blotched or suffused with dark patches. 



Mr. T. W. Wood (who was present as a visitor) exhibited a variety of the male of 

 Apatura Iris, captured in Kent; it was remarkable for the absence of the usual white 

 markings on both the upper and under sides of the wings. He also exhibited a moth 

 from Bahia, belonging lo ihe family Arctiidae, and supposed to be new to Science. 



Prof Westwood, re/erring to the exhibition at ihe previous Meeting of Major 

 Cox's Acari, said that he had at the time called allentiou to the position during copu- 

 lation of the small male, which anchored itself by means of its mouth upon the breast 

 of the female ; he had since found that De Geer had observed the same fact, and had 

 figured it, but had misrepresented the position ; the male appeared lo continue in silu 

 fur a considerable time, in fact for several days. Major Cox's dugs must have beea 

 very recently worried by the ticks, as many of the specimens taken home by the Pro- 

 fessor for examination were found to be full of blood. He had taken numerous eggs 

 off a portion of the kennel, and one female was discovered full of eggs; there were 

 also on the wood the shells of eggs which had hatched, the first skins of the larvae, and 

 various stages of the insect ; in the first and second stages they were dull yellow and 

 had only six legs; in the third stage they appeared to begin to suck, and though not 

 larger than a well-sized pin's head, were distended with blood ; in the fourth stage 

 they had eight legs, the sexual distinctions became visible and sexual intercourse was 

 carried on. The Cimcx found on the wood had proved on examination to be a well- 

 known insect. 



The President mentioned that he had also taken home a pair of the Ixodes in 

 copuld, and had gummed the female down, in which position she had remained for a 

 fortnight, at the end of which she was found in the act of walking away. He remarked 

 upon the great vitality of female insects after impregnation and before the deposition 

 of eggs, 



The President read the following: — 



A Note on Generic Names having nearly the same Sound. 

 " It frequently happens that I am called upon to defend the principle that no 

 generic name ought to be changed simply because it has a near resemblance to 



