1488 The Zoologist — December, 1808. 



■ Entomologist's Monthly Magazine' for October. Foreign galls and their insects, as 

 well as the economy of the latter, form the special study of the writer, who will at all 

 times be happy to enter into correspondence with any one desirous to further the object 

 in view, either by contributing specimens or by giving information of any kind: this 

 pursuit is intended to lead, at some future time, to the production of a work similar to 

 the one proposed by my late friend Mr. Wilson Armistead, of Leeds." 



Mr. lioland Trimen sent (from the Cape of Good Hope) some sketches of an 

 Orlhopternus insect, respecting which he wrote as follows:—" It is sometimes foand in 

 gardens about Cape Town. The extraordinary development of the parts of the mouth, 

 particularly of the labrum and mandibles, makes me think it may be allied to the 

 Australian genus Anoslostoma of G. R. Gray, with which, however, I am unacquainted. 

 I imagine this Cape cricket to belong to ihe Gryllidas; but as my specimen has no 

 trace of wings, it is very probably only a larva, and may result in a member of the 

 Acbetidx. I shall be very glad to hear anything that you can ascertain about this 

 ugly fellow, especially if the special use of such formidable mouth-armature be known. 

 1 tried my captive with leaves, but he would not touch them." 



Prof. Westwoud said the insect was an Anoslostoma, or was nearly allied thereto: 

 it might be the species figured by Stoll. 



With reference to the plague of so-called " mosquitoes" at Plumstead and Wool- 

 wich, in the months of July and August, the Secretary mentioned that in the latter 

 month he had had sent to him from Woolwich two insects, each of which was alleged 

 to be the delinquent. The first was a golden-eye (Chrysopa)\ The other was a 

 veritable uii.it, and was pronounced by Mr. F. Walker to be the Culex nemorosus, a 

 species often troublesome in woods, though not usually found in houses. Mr. F. Smith 

 added that specimens of the common house-gnat (Culex ciliaris) had been sent to the 

 British Museum as " the mosquito." 



The Secretary read a letter from Mr. R. W. Fereday, of Christchurch, New Zealand, 

 requesting contributions of specimens, with a view to the formation of a collection of 

 British insects for the Museum there; and a letter from Mr. H. L. Sehrader, of 

 Shanghai, containing observations on various insects (Agathia, (Eceiicus, Cerura, 

 Actias, Syrphus, Psylla, &c). 



Papers read. 



The following papers were read : — " Notes on some South-African Butterflies 

 enumerated in Mr. A. G. Butler's Catalogue of Saiyridae in the British Museum ;" by 

 Mr. Roland Trimen. 



"Contributions to a Knowledge of the European Trichoptera " (First Part); by 

 Mr. R. M'Lachlan. 



"Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Heteromera;" by Mr. Frederick 

 Bates. 



New Parts of ' Transactiotls. , 



The 'Transactions' of the Society for the year 1868, Parts 2 and 3, published in 

 July and September respectively, were on the table. — J. W. D. 



LONDON: EDWARD NEWMAN, PRINTER, 9, DEVONSHIRE STREET, BISHOPSGATE, N.E. 



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