THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 35 



Vol. II., p. 54) ; whose larvae are gregarious, assembling in numerous 

 troops on the branches, and not only devouring the leaves of the pine, 

 but also the bark of the young shoots." It would seem then that 50 

 years ago Lophyvus was either rare, or had not been carefully observed. 

 Since that time it has either become more plentiful, or else its habits 

 have been more fully studied, for in 1883 it is spoken of as a " very 

 common species on coniferous trees." The only description I have 

 seen of the insect is as follows : " The sexes differ in colour, the male 

 being black with yellow legs, and the female yellow, with the head, 

 three spots on the thorax, and the middle of the abdomen black ; the 

 antennae in the female are serrated, in the male pectinated on both 

 sides. The insect is about a third of an inch long (Cassell's Natural 

 History, Vol. VI., p. 8.)" 



This, then, is the amount of information I possessed when — on 

 January 1st — I commenced the careful study of the insect under con- 

 sideration, and with this introduction, I shall proceed in my next 

 paper to lay before the reader the results of my personal examination. 



(To be continued). 



Reports of Societies. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



The Fifty-sixth Anniversary Meeting, January 16th, 1889.— Dr. P>- Sharp, F.L.S., 

 President, in the chair. 



An Abstract of the Treasurer's Accounts, showing a balance in the Society's 

 favour, was read by Mr. Osbert Salvin, F.R.S., one of the Auditors; and Mr. H. 

 Goss read the Report of the Council. It was announced that the following gentle- 

 men had been elected as Officers and Council, for 1889 -.—President, the Right Hon. 

 Lord Walsingham, M.A., F.R.S. ; Treasurer, Mr. Edward Saunders, F.L.S. ; Secre- 

 taries, Mr. Herbert Goss, F.L.S., and the Rev. Canon Fowler, M. A., F.L.S. ; Libra- 

 rian, Mr. Ferdinand Grut, F.L.S. ; and as other Members of Council, Mr. Henry 

 W. Bates, F.R.S. ; Captain H. J. Elwes, F.L.S. ; Mr. Wm. H. B. Fletcher, M.A.; 

 Mr. F. DuCane Godman, M.A., F.R.S. ; Prof. Raphael Meldola, F.R.S. ; Dr. Philip 

 Brooke Mason, F.L.S. ; Mr. Osbert Salvin, M.A., F.R.S. ; and Dr. D. Sharp, F.L.S. 



Dr. Sharp, the outgoing President, then delivered an Address, for which a vote 

 of thanks to him was moved by Captain Elwes, seconded by Mr. Osbert Salvin, and 

 carried. A vote of thanks to the Treasurer, Secretaries, and Librarian, was moved 

 by Mr. J. W. Dunning, seconded by Lord Walsingham, and carried. Mr. Saun- 

 ders, Mr. Goss, and Mr. Grut, severally replied.— H. Goss, Hon. Secretary. 



