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  been 
  known 
  in 
  Essex 
  and 
  Lincolnshire, 
  and 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  

   former 
  county 
  affected 
  wheat 
  was 
  known 
  as 
  " 
  Knickle-down," 
  

   ^. 
  e. 
  " 
  Knuckle-down 
  " 
  wheat. 
  The 
  discussion 
  was 
  continued 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  Godman, 
  Mr. 
  Enock, 
  and 
  others. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Eoland 
  Trimen 
  communicated 
  a 
  paper 
  entitled 
  " 
  On 
  

   some 
  recent 
  Additions 
  to 
  the 
  List 
  of 
  South 
  African 
  Butter- 
  

   flies." 
  

  

  Mr. 
  H. 
  W. 
  Bates 
  communicated 
  a 
  paper 
  entitled 
  "Additions 
  

   to 
  the 
  Carabideous 
  Fauna 
  of 
  Mexico, 
  with 
  remarks 
  on 
  species 
  

   previously 
  recorded." 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W. 
  F. 
  Kirby 
  read 
  a 
  paper 
  entitled 
  " 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  genus 
  

   Xantliosjnlopteryx, 
  Wallgr 
  . 
  ' 
  ' 
  

  

  Dr. 
  D. 
  Sharp 
  contributed 
  a 
  paper 
  entitled 
  " 
  On 
  the 
  

   Ehynchophorous 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  Japan," 
  Pt. 
  2. 
  

  

  March 
  4, 
  1891. 
  

  

  The 
  Et. 
  Hon. 
  Lord 
  Walsingham, 
  M.A., 
  F.E.S., 
  Vice- 
  

   President, 
  in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

  

  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  Library 
  were 
  announced 
  and 
  thanks 
  voted 
  

   to 
  the 
  respective 
  Donors. 
  

  

  Exhibitions, 
  <&c. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  F. 
  P. 
  Pascoe 
  exhibited, 
  and 
  made 
  remarks 
  on, 
  a 
  

   curious 
  Coleopterous 
  larva, 
  with 
  a 
  case 
  somewhat 
  resembling 
  

   that 
  of 
  the 
  Lepidopterous 
  genus 
  Psyche, 
  which 
  was 
  found 
  at 
  

   the 
  Theatre 
  of 
  Bacchus, 
  Athens. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  J. 
  W. 
  Douglas 
  sent 
  for 
  exhibition 
  specimens 
  of 
  Icerya 
  

   [Crossatosoma) 
  cegyptiaca, 
  which, 
  through 
  the 
  kindness 
  of 
  Mr. 
  

   A. 
  D. 
  Michael, 
  he 
  had 
  received 
  from 
  Alexandi-ia 
  on 
  the 
  19th 
  

   January 
  last. 
  It 
  was 
  stated 
  that 
  in 
  travelling 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  

   had 
  become 
  loose, 
  and 
  had 
  lost 
  their 
  waxen 
  appendages 
  ; 
  but 
  

   a 
  few 
  still 
  remained 
  on 
  the 
  stems 
  of 
  their 
  food-plant. 
  In 
  

   connection 
  with 
  this 
  subject, 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  H. 
  Verrall 
  alluded 
  to 
  a 
  

   Dipterous 
  parasite 
  of 
  Icerya 
  from 
  Adelaide 
  — 
  Lestophonus 
  icerya:., 
  

   Williston 
  — 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  bred 
  from 
  Icerya 
  Purchasi, 
  Mask. 
  , 
  

   last 
  February. 
  Mr. 
  M'Lachlan 
  and 
  Lord 
  Walsingham 
  con- 
  

   tinued 
  the 
  discussion. 
  

  

  