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fourth of the normal size (this being a case of retarded development), 

 and in the other the left antenna was abbreviated with some of the 

 joints coalescing and internally serrated. 



Mr. Desvignes exhibited specimens of Eupithecia togata, Hubn., a 

 species new to this country, which had been taken at Black Park, 

 Bucks, in the middle of the preceding June, Likewise a very dark 

 variety of Hemerophila abruptaria. 



Mr. J. F. Stephens exhibited specimens of the rare Anarta vidua 

 and cordigera, and Psodos trepidaria, recently captured by Mr. 

 Weaver in Scotland. 



Mr. Weir exhibited specimens of both sexes of Ino globularim 

 from Lewes, the female being now for the first time noticed in this 

 country. 



Mr. Frend exhibited specimens of the larvae, pupae and imago of 

 Prionus coriarius, and observed that it only requires fourteen days to 

 pass from the first to the last of these states. 



Mr. W. W. Saunders exhibited several new Australian species of 

 Longicorn beetles allied to Molorchus, from Hunter's river. 



Mr. West wood exhibited a specimen of Trictenotoma Childrenii, 

 and pointed out the distinctions between it and Captain Parry's new 

 species from the Himalayas, exhibited at the present meeting. He 

 also pointed out the peculiarities in the structure of the lower parts 

 of the mouth of this genus, which had not been previously described. 



A description of the male of Gastroxides ater, an Indian species of 

 Tabanidee, was read by W. W. Saunders, Esq., F.L.S. This sex dif- 

 fers in having the head broader than the thorax, with the eyes large 

 and vertically contiguous, and in having a broad rufous band across 

 the abdomen, occupying the apex of the first, the whole of the second 

 and the base of the third joints. The female was described by Mr. 

 Saunders in the third volume of the Transactions of the Society ; and 

 the male now described is in the collection of Colonel Hearsey. 



Extracts from a letter addressed by Captain Boys to Mr. Saunders 

 were also read, containing a notice of the locusts of India, and of a 

 new species of Idmais (belonging to the Pierideous Butterflies). 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Description of a new species of Bat from Western Africa, Pteropus 



Haldemani. By Edward Halowell, M.D. 

 General expression ferocious ; head resembling that of a dog ; ears 

 of moderate size, smooth for the most part, obtuse at the tip, hairy 

 at base externally ; there is no tragus ; body dark brown above ; 

 neck, occiput and vertex same colour, but lighter than upon the 

 back ; wings and interfemoral membrane of a sienna-brown colour 

 above and below ; thorax and upper part of abdomen and sides 

 brown ; the rest of the abdomen is white ; there are two long and 

 thin hairs upon the muzzle ; lips full, nostrils prominent, their mar- 

 gins being surrounded by a fold of the skin ; eyes rather large, 

 irides ; wings long ; that portion of the membrane included be- 

 tween the phalanges naked, the remainder more or less hairy above 



