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Paltostoma torrentium, and read a letter from Dr. Fritz Miiller on the 

 subject. The writer stated that these larvae were of the same nature as those 

 exhibited by Mr. Gahan, at a meeting of the Society in October, 1890, and 

 which were then thought by Lord Walsingham and Mr. McLachlan, to be 

 allied to the Myriapoda. Mr. Gahan, Mr. Jenner Weir, Colonel Swinhoe, 

 Mr. Blandford, Mr. Verrall, Mr. Slater, and Mr. Jacoby took part in the 

 discussion which ensued (cf. Proc. Ent. Soc. 1891, p. ii.). 



Mr. S. G. C. Russell exhibited Hesperia alveolus, variety Taras, taken 

 by him at Woking in April last. 



Mr. J. M. Adye exhibited a long series of Moma orion, Eurymene 

 dolobraria, Amphidasis betularia, and Chloephora prasinana, and a few 

 specimens of Notodonta dodonea, N. chaonia, and N. trepida, Acronycta 

 alni, and Selenia illmtraria, all bred by him in March and April last, from 

 larva? obtained in the autumn of 1892 in the New Forest. 



Mr. H. Goss read a copy of a letter received by the Marquess of Ripon, 

 at the Colonial Office, from the Governor of the Gold Coast, reporting the 

 occurrence of vast swarms of locusts at Aburi and Accra, West Africa, 

 about the middle of February last. The writer stated that at Accra the 

 swarm extended from east to west as far as the eye could see, and appeared 

 to occupy a space about two miles wide. 



Colonel Swinhoe stated that some years ago he had been requested by 

 the Indian Government to report on plagues of locusts. He said he had 

 witnessed swarms of these insects far larger than the one just reported 

 from the Gold Coast, and mentioned that many years ago, when going up 

 the Red Sea in one of the old P. and 0. paddle-boats, the boat had 

 frequently to stop to clear her paddle-wheels from locusts, which had settled 

 in such swarms as to choke the wheels and stop their action. 



Mr. C. G. Barrett called attention to a field excursion to the Cotswolds 

 which it was proposed to have in June. Fellows of the Society were requested 

 by the President to communicate to Mr. Barrett, as early as possible, their 

 views as to the date which would be most generally convenient for such 

 excursion, and to offer any other suggestions on the subject which might 

 occur to them. 



Mr. E. C. Reed, of Valparaiso, Chili, communicated a paper entitled 

 " Notes on Acridium paranense, the migratory locust of the Argentine 

 Republic." Colonel Swinhoe, Mr. Champion, Mr. Elvves, Mr. McLachlau, 

 and Mr. Merrifield took part in the discussion which ensued. 



Professor L. C. Miall communicated a paper entitled " Dicranota ; a 

 Carnivorous Tipulid Larva." 



Dr. T. A. Chapman communicated a paper entitled " On a Lepidopterous 

 pupa (Micropteryx pwpurella) with functionally active mandibles." Mr. 

 McLachlau said Dr. Chapman's observations were of great value, and 

 tended to show that the position of Micropteryx was still nearer the 

 Trichoptera than had been supposed. 





