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Indian bird-skins and nests. — Mr. Grosvenor, a large number of 

 bird-skins obtained by bim while stationed in India during 1917-19, 

 mainly from the Punjaub, and also a few nests, including that of the 

 Weaver Bird. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. 



April 18th. — A Special Visit and Meeting. — This meeting was- 

 held at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. The members 

 and visitors were received by Professor Robert Newstead, F.R.S., and 

 the staff of the Entomological Department. 



New Members. — Miss Jessie L. M. Bird, 4, Riverside Road, Aig- 

 burth, Liverpool, and Mr. Herbert Leigh-Lye, Holly Lea, Greenbank 

 Road, Liverpool, were elected members of the Society. 



Professor Newstead gave a brief sketch of the work of the 

 Entomological Department since the last visit of the Society. In- 

 vestigations bearing on questions of public health had been carried 

 out on behalf of the Ministry of Health, and the Port Sanitary and 

 the Public Health Departments of the City of Liverpool. At the re- 

 quest of the Canadian Government, Prof. Newstead had undertaken an 

 examination of the cargoes of grain ships arriving in tbis port from 

 Canada, for the presence of infestation by the flour mite, Aleumbius 

 farinosa, which in suitable conditions does immense damage to flour. 

 During the year an immense amount of systematic work had been 

 carried out. A remarkable new giant scale insect had recently been 

 described by Prof. Newstead as Asjndopfdctus africanus, from Tan- 

 ganyika Territory. A very large collection of sand flies (Phlebotomiw), 

 of which genus at least one species is known to be the carrier of 

 sand-fly fever, had been made by Major A. J. Sinton, V.C., in tbe 

 North-West Frontier Province of India, and brought to Professor 

 Newstead to be dealt with ; some highly interesting facts regarding 

 the distribution of some of the species were mentioned. A very large 

 and important piece of systematic work had been carried out by Mr. 

 H. F. Carter and Drs. A. Ingram and J. W. Scott Macfie, on the blood- 

 sucking midges (Ceratopoijonina) of the Gold Coast. A great many 

 new species, representing several different genera, and also a new 

 genus of this family had been described, many being in both the 

 larval and pupal, as well as in the perfect state. In most cases 

 important facts were recorded as to the breeding plat-es and 

 bionomics of the different species. This work is still far 

 from complete, but when finished it will constitute a most important 

 contribution to the literature of this family of tiny but exasperating 

 insects. A new series of Tse-tse fly, Glnssina schwetzi, had just 

 been described by Prof. Newstead and Miss A. M. Evans. The 

 material had been collected by Dr. J. Schwetz of the Sleeping Sickness 

 Mission of the Belgian Congo, and to him the new fly was dedicaied. 

 Glossina schwetzi belongs to the group of large Tse-tse flies known as 

 the fnsca group, the species of which cannot be separated by external 

 characters alone. 



The Society inspected the museum, which was not completed on 

 the occasion of their last visit to the School in April, 1920. In the 

 Fmtomological section of tbe museum was exhibited material connected 

 with the work' that the Professor referred to in his short address. The 



