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B. — Œdemagena tarandi. 
From a young male Reindeer in the Dublin Zoological Gardens, 
I obtained over thirty Maggots of this species. As described many 
years ago by Brauer, the larva has a stronger and more extensive 
spiny armature than that of Hypoderma bovis. The suture along 
which the lid of the puparium splits off is strongly marked on the 
larval cuticle. One of these Maggots pupated and after six weeks a 
female Fly emerged. The egg of this species is like that of Hypo- 
derma, but a distinct reticulated area at the distal pole seems 
adapted to facilitate the hatching of the young larva. (Vol. II, 
flémoires, p. 289.) 
M. F. de Stefani Perez (Paierme) n’ayant pu assisterai! Con¬ 
grès, l’assemblée décide de faire imprimer son travail intitulé : 
« Notizie preventive e informazioni sulla Sphenoptera lineata F. 
(gemmata III.) ( Coleottero Buprestide) e la larva di un Lepidottero 
che attacano la Sulla ( Hedysarum coronarium L.) della Tunisia e 
della Sicilia », dans les comptes rendus. (Vol. II, némoires, p. 185.) 
M. Stewart Mac Dougall (Edimbourg) parle sur : 
« Galerucella lineóla » and its ravages on Osier ( Salix viminalis ) 
in England. 
(Résumé.) 
The Chrysomelid Galerucella lineóla has from 1905 to 1909 
been doing very great damage to Salix viminalis in several English 
counties, e. g. Essex, Warwick, Somerset, Gloucester. In some 
cases hundreds of acres have been spoiled. 
The damage is begun by the adult Beetles which have issued 
from their winter-quarters settling on the young shoots of the 
Osier as these are beginning to sprout and destroying the leaves 
and young growth. From the eggs of the adult, laid abundantly, 
come the larvæ, which continue the destructive work by gnawing 
the leaves. The larvæ feed on the under surface of the leaves. The 
result has been in a number of cases almost complete destruction 
oí the crop shoots, that should normally have attained a length of 
