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INSECTS EROM THE BRITISH COAL MEASURES. [vol. lxxii, 



Discussion. 



Mr. G. W. Young welcomed the paper as another contribution 

 by the Author on a branch of palaeontology but little studied in 

 this country. This was the more to be regretted, as much had 

 been written upon it on the Continent and in America ; and he 

 could not help thinking that British entomologists were neglecting 

 opportunities, since we had much excellent material available for 

 study. The species dealt with in the paper showed, as usual, that 

 the Palaeozoic insects were so generalized that it was difficult to 

 place them in any of the usually-recognized orders ; and they 

 embraced not only the ancestral forms of Orthoptera. Neuroptera, 

 and Hemiptera, but many other types that had not survived beyond 

 •Carboniferous times. 



Mr. J. H. Durrant also spoke. 



