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the Aphis, or on the Aphides* themselves. The different kinds of 

 Diptera which he had collected in the latter situation were numerous, 

 some very curiously marked, and others very minute and of brilliant 

 colours. 



A memoir, containing descriptions of two species of Sacred Beetles 

 from Southern Africa, was read by J. O. Westwood, F.L.S. &c. 



Sebasteos, Westwood. 

 Typus Scarabseorum sacrorum Heliocantharo magis affinis. 



AntenncB articulis 3 et 4, 5to duplh longiorihus, bto et 6to brevibus ; 

 clypeus radiatus, subtHs tridentatus. Tibice anticce angulatce, 

 eoctils 4-dentatcB, dentibus 2 apicalibus inter se remotis, intus ser- 

 rulatce, denteque medio armatce. Tarsi 2 postici articulis subcla- 

 vatis. 



Species unica, Scarabaeus (Sebasteos) Galenus, Westw. Niger, 

 nitidus ; capite magna varioloso-punctato, pronoto punctata, mar^ 

 gine postico Icevi; elytris strid suturali alterisque 5 tenuibus sub 

 lente punctatis. Long. corp. lin. 14. — Hab. in Africa meridi- 

 onali. D. Burke. 



ScELiAGEs HippiAS, Westw. Niger, uitidus ; capite sub lente tenuis- 

 sime punctata, clypea carnubus 2 mediis porrectis, pronoto fere 

 IcBvi, elytrisque sublccvibus et minus nitidis, singula striis 6 vix 

 discernendis ; tibiis anticis hand in media angulatis, ewtits A-dentatis 

 et serrulatis, metasterno antic^ praducta. Long. corp. lin. 8. — 

 Hab. cum prsecedente. 



February 5th. — George Newport, Esq. (who had been re-elected 

 President of the Society at the Anniversary meeting on the 22nd 

 January), in the Chair. 



The President exhibited a specimen of Hypena rastralis, which had 

 continued ahve in a state of hybernation since the 1st of September 

 last. 



Mr. Edward Doubleday exhibited a large box of North American 

 Lepidoptera, collected by Mr. Barnstone near the Albany River, in 

 a cHmate nearly corresponding with that of Lapland, and remarkable 

 on account of a very large proportion of the species being apparently 

 identical with those of this country. Some species and even genera 

 were however quite unlike any of those known in Europe, amongst 

 which was a very large species of Hepialus, two new species of Alypa, 

 &c., whilst some of the species were evidently identical with those of 

 Florida, thus exhibiting a very wide geographical range. 



Mr. F. Bond exhibited a specimen of Pantia Rapes, evidently but 

 recently disclosed from the chrysalis, which he had captured during 

 the month of January. Mr. Walton exhibited a monstrous specimen 



* Col. Sykes's observations on the predaceous habits of D. Sykesii might 

 lead to the opinion that it was upon the Aphides themselves that the Dio- 

 psis feeds. 



