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of various orders : the habits of the gall- makers were de- 
scribed, with interesting remarks upon parasitism and other 
facts connected with their life histories. Mr. Charbonnier 
also showed a specimen of the leaf insect Phyllium scythe, 
With illustrations of its ova, which resembled seeds, an 
instance of probable protective value. 
Feb. 25. — Dr. C. King Rudge exhibited a vellum-bound 
book, dated 1678, which had been attacked by bookworms, 
and the habits of the beetle Anohium faniceum, Linn., were 
described. 
A specimen of the large water bug Belostoma grandis was 
also shown. 
Mr. G. C. Griffiths exhibited, amongst others, the follow- 
ing rare species of Lepidoptera : Shoenhergia paradisea, 
Stand., from New Guinea ; Eurycus cressida, bred at Clif- 
ton, from Brisbane pupa ; Luehdorfia puziloi, from J apan ; 
P. imperator, poeta, and Thihetanus, all from Thibet ; 
Papilio pilumnus, Mexico ; P. Texana, Texas ; and P. 
Troilus, from Delaware. 
Mar. 15. — ^Mr. H. J. Charbonnier exhibited eighty-nine 
British species of Syrphidce, and explained many points in 
their economy ; also by a geological chart showing that 
these were amongst the most recent of insects occurring in 
the Miocene period. 
Mr. G. C. Griffiths exhibited for comparison British and 
Canadian examples of Oporabia dilatata, Scotosia undulata, 
and others. 
Dr. C. King Rudge produced living specimens, repre- 
senting six species, of Entomostraca, reared from river mud 
from Gihon, Jerusalem ; the specimens had survived after 
having been in the mud dry for four or five years. 
Oct. 18. — Mr. G. C. Griffiths reported having continued 
his researches upon the frenulum in Lepidoptera, in an 
examination of the Pterophori, or plume moths, a number 
of which were shown. The President also exhibited num- 
