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Entomological Society of London: May '7th, 1890. — Henry J. Elwes, 

 Esq., F.L.S, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. W. G. Blatch, of 214, Green Lanes, Birmingham ; Mr. F. J. S. Chatterton, 

 of 132, Queen Victoria Street, E.G. ; Mr. Charles Fenn, of Burnt Ash Hill, Lee, 

 S.E. ; and Mr. George B. Routledge, of 50, Russell Square, W.C, were elected 

 Fellows. 



The Secretary read a letter from the Vicar of Arundel, asking for advice as to 

 the course to be taken to get rid of the larvae of a beetle which were desti'oying the 

 beams of the Parish Church. Mr. C. O. Waterhouse said he had already been con- 

 sulted on the question, and had advised that the beams should be soaked with 

 pai'afRn oil. Dr. Sharp, Mr. McLachlan, Mr. P. B. Mason, and the Chairman made 

 some remarks on the subject. 



Dr. Sharp exhibited specimens of Caryohorus Lacerdm, a species of Bruchidce, 

 and the nuts from which they had been reared. He stated that three of these nuts 

 had been sent him from Bahia by the late Seiior Lacerda, about six years ago ; that 

 one of the beetles had effected its exit from the nut during the voyage ; a second 

 had recently emerged, after the nuts had been in this country for five years ; and 

 that a third had undergone its metamorphosis and died within the nut. Dr. Sharp 

 also exhibited many specimens of minute Diptera, collected by Mr. Herbert Smith 

 in St. Vincent, prepared by a peculiar process, which was not explained, and read a 

 letter from him to Mr. Godman on the subject of the vast number of small species 

 of this and other Orders which he had recently collected in that island. Mr. 

 McLachlan, Mr. Mason, Mr. Waterhouse, and Mr. Elwes took part in the discussion 

 which ensued. 



Mr. R. T. Lewis, on behalf of Mr. W. M. Maskell, of Wellington, New Zealand, 

 exhibited and read notes on about twenty-five species of CoccidcB from that colony. 

 He also exhibited some specimens of the larvae and images of Icerya Purchasi, 

 Maskell, obtained from Natal, where the species had proved very destructive to 

 orange, lemon, and other fruit trees. He also showed specimens of the larvae of an 

 allied species from Natal, originally assigned by Mr. Douglas to the genus Ortonia, 

 but which Mr. Maskell was inclined to regard as a new species of Icerya. Mr. 

 McLachlan and the Chairman commented on the interesting nature of the exhibition, 

 and the importance of a knowledge of the parasites of injurious insects, in con- 

 nection with which special mention was made of the researches and discoveries 

 of Prof. Riley. 



The Secretary exhibited, on behalf of Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell, of Colorado, a 

 large collection of insect-galls, and read a letter from Mr. Cockerell on the subject. 

 Mr. Mason said he should be happy to take charge of these galls, with a view of 

 rearing the insects and reporting the results. 



Mr. H. W. Bates communicated a paper, entitled, " On new species of Cicin- 

 delidm." — H. Goss, Hon. Sec. 



