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dique punctatum ; elytris hicarinatis , pronoto canali dorsali sub^ 

 obsoleto. Long. corp. Ym b^. — Hab. Insula Guadeloupe. 



^gidium Hsedulus, Dej . Cat. Nigrum, nitidissimum ; pronoto ^ 

 in medio valde depresso-punctato, lateribus angulato-elevatis, 

 tuberculoque frontali in utroque sexu armato, ? impressione seu 

 canali lato, minime prof undo, frontali, elytris magis rotundatis 

 et punctatis, punctis in strias irregulares dispositis. Long. corp. 

 lin. 5-4. — Hab. Brasilia. 



^gidium } Guianense, W. Breve convexum, castaneum, 2^ronoto 

 postice parum angustato ; mandibulis extus cornu obtuso armatis. 

 Long. Corp. lin. 4\. — Hab. Guiana. 



Orphnus Mysoriensis, W. Brunneus seu nigro-piceus, tuberculo 

 elevato in medio marginis postici prothoracis ; elytris irregulariter 

 punctatis. Long. corp. lin. 5-4^. — Hab. India orientali, Mysore. 



Orphnus picinus, W. Piceo-niger, nitidus ; capite ^ cornu erecto, 

 prothoraceque excavatione magna media, margine postico margi- 

 nato ; elytris striis irregularibus, parum impressis. Long. corp. 

 lin. 4^-4. — Hab. India orientali, Bombay. 



Orphnus impressus, W. Piceus vel rufo-piceus, capite postice in 

 $ tuberculo parvo armato pronotoque antice excavatione trian- 

 gulari instructo. Long. corp. lin. 3^-4. — Hab. India orientali 

 centrali. 



Orphnus nanus, W. Niger aut castaneus, nitidus, oblongus ; capite 

 ^ cornu brevi, erecto, et pronoto semicirculariter excavato, exca- 

 vatione haud ultra medium pronoti extensa, lateribusque vix elevatis 

 et in tuberculo terminatis; capite pronotoque vage punctatis, ely- 

 trisque irregulariter striatis, punctisque majoribus in strias rudes 

 dispositis. Long. corp. lin. 2|. — Hab. India orientali centrali. 



Orphnus Meleagris, Dej. Cat. (ined.) Latus,castaneo-fulvus ; ely- 

 tris stria suturali punctisque irregularibus, capite cornu elevato, 

 conico, frontali pronotoque valde excavato, lateribus conico-elevatis, 

 versus caput rotundatis. Long. corp. lin. 5. — Hab. Senegallia. 



June 4th. — George Newport, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. S. Stevens exhibited specimens of the larvae oi Leucaniastra^ 

 minea {Nonagria Vectis, Curt.), tolerably well figured by Freyer, 

 which he had detected in the Hammersmith marshes feeding on the 

 leaves of reeds, and which spin an external web in which they un- 

 dergo their transformations ; also a very large living British species 

 of water-mite {Hydrachna geographica). 



Mr. Evans exhibited a specimen of the rare Agrotis puta, captured 

 on the evening of the meeting, in the Wandsworth road. 



Captain F. Parry exhibited a box of Coleoptera from New Hol- 

 land, Africa and India, including a new and very flat Lamellicorn 

 insect belonging to the family Cetoniid(B, but having somewhat the 

 form of Platygenia, with singular-shaped middle feet, from tropical 

 Africa. 



Mr. Saunders exhibited specimens of a species of Polydesmus and 

 of lulus pulchellus, which he had found extremely destructive at the 

 roots of plants in gardens. The latter insect was stated by Mr. 



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