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much intensified. This example, together with a female 

 specimen, which varied in the same direction but not to the 

 same extent, were bred from ova deposited by a typical 

 female. All the other specimens were like the female parent. 

 Mr. Auld exhibited a series of TcBiiiocampa iminda, Esp., 

 with several specimens of van immaailata, Stgr., taken at 

 West Wickham ; also a series of T. popideti, Fb., taken at 

 Westerham. 



Mr. Enock gave a most interesting lecture, entitled " Notes 

 on Common Insects," which was illustrated by the oxy- 

 hydrogen lantern. 



The President warmly congratulated Mr. Enock upon the 

 skill with which he had carried out such a mass of original 

 observations, and desired both on behalf of the Society and 

 personally to thank him for his great kindness in coming 

 forward to interest and entertain the members and their 

 friends. He thought the various suggestions for farming 

 these little insects under a properly constituted governmental 

 department were admirable, and could only hope that they 

 would some day be carried out in this country in the practical 

 manner this kind of work was conducted in the States. 



Mr. Barrett, in proposing a hearty vote of thanks to Mr. 

 Enock, said that his small amount of knowledge of Economic 

 Entomology prevented him from attempting to criticise such 

 an able paper ; he was, in fact, perfectly amazed at the 

 wonderful habits and structure of these minute insects, and 

 was delighted to have the opportunity of showing his appre- 

 ciation of what Mr. Enock had done in original research. 

 He, however, thought that if public opinion were sufficiently 

 raised the government would no doubt follow in the footsteps 

 of the United States, but, at the same time, he was of opinion 

 that our usual climate was not conducive to a very large 

 development of the Hessian fly. 



Mr. Auld, in seconding the vote of thanks, spoke of the 

 ignorance of the farmers in general, and suggested a distribu- 

 tion by the government of works with plates of insects which 

 were known to be injurious to crops. 



Mr. Enock, in reply, said that he looked upon both farmers 

 and governments as exhibiting ignorance which was really 

 culpable. He also stated that in some districts of England, 

 e.g.., South Devon, the Hessian fly undoubtedly does a vast 

 amount of damage. 



