IX 



Papers read. 



Sir Sidney Saunders communicated a paper " On the Adult Larvae of 

 StylopidcB and their Puparia," and exhibited specimens in illustration. 



Mr. H. W. Bates communicated a paper " On Ceralorrhina qiiadriniacu- 

 lata (Fab.), and Descriptions of Two new Allied Species." Specimens of 

 the new species and also of C. Morgani (Westw.) were exhibited by the 

 author. 



Mr. Dunning urged upon authors of papers the advisability of exhibiting 

 specimens of the new species described in their communications in all cases 

 vrhere possible. 



June 0, 1877. 

 J. W. Dunning, Esq., M.A., F.L.S., Vice-President, in the chair. 



Election of a Foreign Member. 

 M. Rene Oberthiir, Rennes, France, was balloted for and elected a 

 Foreign Member. 



Exhibitions, dc. 

 Mr. J. W. Douglas exhibited the following insects : — 



Psylla sylvicola, Leth. On birch trees, Sevenoaks, July. 

 ,, '^'betidcB, Linn. On birch trees, Dunkeld, August. 

 „ pruni, Scop. On fir trees, Addington Hills, October. 

 ^'Psylla p)eregrina, Fdrst. On mountain ash, Perth, August. 

 ,, costalis, Flor. On larch, Edinburgh, August. 

 „ spartiophila, Forst. On broom, Plumstead, June. 

 „ simulans, Forst., and *P. pjyricola, Forst. On pear trees, Perth 



and Roslyn, August. 

 „ cratagi, Fdrst. On pear trees, Roslyn, August. 

 „ -■^■•Scotti, Low. On fir trees, Addington Hills, October. 

 „ hippopha'es, Forst. OnHippophae r/taH^no^t/es, Folkestone, August. 

 Trioza urticce, Linn., T. hcBviotodes, Forst., and T. alhiventris, Forst. On 

 fir trees, Addington Hills, October. 

 „ Walkeri, Forst. On buckthorn, Dartford, October. 

 Aphalara polygoni, Forst. On Rmnex acetosella, Sevenoaks, July; and 

 on fir trees, Addington Hills, October. 



In all sixteen species of PsyllidcB taken l)y him during the latter half of 

 1876, whereof four (*) are new to Britain. Mr. Douglas called attention to 







