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of growth, by producing a physically strong or weak race. Tt is 
possible to get no scales at all in imagines. The abnormality of these 
radiata is evident, and aberrant insects tend to produce a second brood. 
He could add dock, syringa, and raspberry to the list of known food- 
plants, but had never met with it on oak, poplar, or birch. It was 
remarkable how common the insect was in the neighbourhood of towns, 
as if it had less difficulty in fighting for existence there. The vote of 
thanks put to the meeting was carried unanimously ; and the Secretary 
was desired to write and thank Mr. Massey for his kindness in for¬ 
warding for exhibition his series of the insect mentioned above. 
March 7th, 1899.—Mr. Herbert Massey, of Ivy Lea, Burnage, 
Didsbury, was elected a member. 
Larvae, etc. —Mr. Bacot exhibited larvae received from Dr. Chap¬ 
man found on walls, case-bearing micros apparently allied to the 
Psychids, also larvae of ('nethocanipa piUjocampa, which he described as 
having pockets or folds in the middle of the back of the first eight 
abdominal segments. These folds were furnished with lips which, if 
the insect were irritated, open and disclose tufts of hairs somewhat 
loose, and readily becoming detached, float in the air, and possess an 
urticating property. The larvae, if disturbed in their nests, move in a 
jerky, spasmodic fashion. Drawings of the hairs of Portliexia ami- 
jiua, < 'ncthocampa pitijocampa, and I .axiocampa qucrais, and showed the 
actual hairs under a microscope. 
Tephrosias. —Mr. Prout exhibited some Tephrosias taken by Mr. 
Routledge, a series of 7’. creqntscularia (binndnlaria ) taken at Orton, 
and a number of T. bixtortata (crepnxcnlaria) from Keswick. 
Australian Cockroach. —Mr. Marsh, a specimen of the Australian 
cockroach found flying at Lymington (Hants). It produced seventeen 
young, but these he failed to rear, but exhibited one larva. He also 
showed specimens of Acanthosonia haemorrhoid ale, Iropicoris rntipex, and 
Asilus crabroni/onnix. 
Hydrocampid larva. —Mr. Pearson, a larva feeding in water, which 
he thought was that of a Hydrocampid. It had been bybernating in 
a web for one month. 
Paper. —Mr. F. Bouskell forwarded a paper on “ Poisonous Plants 
in relation to Medical Jurisprudence” (printed in Transactions). 
March 21st, 1899.—Messrs. Frank Bouskell, F.E.S., of Market 
Bosworth, Nuneaton, B. II. Crabtree, F.E.S., of The Acacias, Levens- 
hulme, Manchester, and S. J. Marsh, of 152, Friern Road, Dulwich, 
were unanimously elected members. 
Oporabias exhibited. —Mr. Trout brought up a cabinet drawer of 
Oporabiax, specially to illustrate his paper on 0. antmnvata. The long 
series of this species were principally bred from eggs obtained from 
Mr. Horne, of Aberdeen. There were also long and beautiful series 
of (K jiligramnaria and (>. dilutata ; also a box of continental O. 
autunwata from many localities, and a fine series of the same bred by 
Mr. Christy from Rannoch parents, which were larger than those from 
Aberdeen. 
The Ennomids. —Mr. .T. A. Clark, a cabinet drawer of the 
“ Thorns,” showing series of all the species of Ennomids and a series 
of Vroc-allix dini/navia , with some vars. 
