5092 THE ZoOLOGIST—SEPTEMBER, 1876. 
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 antenne ; the neuration of the wings is 
the same, aud no difference is perceptible in the construction of the legs ; 
the differences that are perceptible are in its ubdomen being less com- 
pressed, 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. 
Papers read. 
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, bad 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 larve were found attached 
to the dorsal surfuce 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 
larvee fed on the waxy secretion of the Fulgora, and the cocoon of the 
pupa was formed of the same substance. Prof. Westwood had previously 
noticed this extraordinary insect at the meeting of the British Association 
at Oxford in 1860, under the name of-Epipyrops anomala. 
The Rev. R. P. Murray forwarded a paper by Mr. W. H. Miskin, of 
Brisbane, containing “ Descriptions of New Species of Australian Diurnal 
Lepidoptera in his own Collection.” 
Mr. Edward Saunders communicated the third and concluding portion of 
his “‘ Synopsis of British Hemiptera-Heteroptera.”"—2’. @. 
