466 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
he did not take upon himself to refuse what appeared to him a valuable 
opportunity of extending the knowledge of an obscure group of Annulosa, 
but had forwarded the letter to the Secretary, to be laid before the Council, 
by whom the offer had been accepted. He fully agreed with Mr. M‘Lachlan . 
and Mr. Stainton that these entozoic parasites could in no way be regarded 
as coming within the scope of Entomology proper; but he was of opinion 
that in accepting Lord Walsingham’s offer a useful precedent was established 
for receiving future support from others who might be disposed to extend 
similar aid to the investigation of subjects coming more strictly within the 
province of the Society. In conclusion, the President stated that the Council 
were in the hands of the Society, if any member chose to put the objections 
raised to the acceptance of the offer in question into the form of a resolution. 
Mr. Stainton said that he had no intention of moving aay resolution on 
the subject. He thought the Council was the proper body to deliberate 
on the matter; but if a suggestion were made to Lord Walsingham that 
the development of Entozoa was a subject which came very properly in the 
province of the Zoological or Linnean Societies, but that to the Entomological 
Society the matter was altogether foreign, his lordship would be found quite 
ready to transfer his proposal to one of those Societies. 
Mr. Pascoe observed that the subject was one which should be settled 
entirely by the Council. 
Mr. C. O. Waterhouse remarked that in accepting this offer the Council 
could not be considered to have claimed for the Society any special knowledge 
of the subjects proposed for competition ; they were simply placed in the posi- 
tion of having to award a certain sum placed at their disposal for essays, the 
quality of which they would be at liberty to refer for determination to any 
competent authority, whether in the Society or not. If the prizes had been 
offered by the Council, or to members of the Society only, there would have 
been good grounds for objecting to their acceptance, but as the competition 
was open to any person, whether a member of the Society or otherwise, the 
Council were only the means of communication between Lord Walsingham 
and the essayists, to which no objection could be raised. 
Mr. Philip Henry Gosse, F.R.S., of Torquay, Devonshire, was apsinnn 
for, and elected an Ordinary Member. 
Mr. M‘Lachlan exhibited specimens of an Hemipterous insect just 
received from a gentleman residing near Canterbury, and which, it was 
stated, was causing great damage to hops, being known to the growers as 
the ‘“‘needle-nosed flea.” It was stated that hitherto it had only appeared 
in a restricted area, but this year it occurred over many acres. The’ insect 
proved to be Anthocoris nemorum, and Mr. M‘Lachlan suggested that it 
was on the hops in search of Aphides or other small insects, its habits being 
carnivorous, 80 far as is known. Hence the hop-growers were possibly asking 
advice as to the destruction of what might be ove of their best friends.” ~ 
