472 Entomological Society. 



September 1st.*— The Rev. F. W. Hope, President, in the Chair. 



A new species of Goliath Beetle, sent from Cape Palmas by Dr. 

 Savage, and a new Australian Phasma, were exhibited by the Presi- 

 dent. 



Capt. Parry exhibited Goliathus Smithii, Passerinii, and other rare 

 Coleoptera from Port Natal. 



Mr. Samuel Stevens exhibited Mythimna turca, Alcis sericearia 

 and roboraria, Eupithecia togata, Hb., Phycita Abietella, Graphiphora 

 rhomboidea, Polia tincta, Triphana fimbria, Cucullia Lychnitis and 

 other Lepidoptera, chiefly from Black Park, most of which had been 

 set according to a plan which he has adopted in order to obtain 

 great uniformity in the position and deflexion of the wing. The 

 plan consists in having a slab of cork cut with a longitudinal groove 

 down the middle for the reception of the bodies of the moths, and 

 with the sides sloped for laying out the wings, the slopes being so 

 cut as to bring the apex and hinder margin of the wing to nearly 

 the same level as the lower portion of the thorax. Setting-boards 

 with different- sized grooves and slopes are of course required for 

 different- sized insects. 



Mr. Douglas exhibited eight new species of small Lepidoptera, 

 since described and figured in the ' Zoologist.' Also a variety of 

 other rare species, including a specimen of Orthotcenia quadrana, 

 Hubner, taken at West Wickham on the 27th of May. 



Mr. Bedell exhibited numerous specimens of a small moth, Gra- 

 cellaria V-flava, and its metamorphoses, taken in a wine-cellar, the 

 larvae of which are supposed to feed on Rhacodium cellare. Like- 

 wise a specimen of the rare Acronycta Alni, taken on hazel at Box- 

 hill on the 11th of August. 



The following memoirs were read : — 



The continuation of a memoir " On the New Holland Cryptoce- 

 phalida." By W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



Pleomorpha, W.W.S. 



Head vertical, immersed in the thorax nearly up to the eyes. An- 

 tenna short, 1st joint robust, pyriform, 2nd short, turbinate, 

 3rd to 6th slender, gradually increasing in length, 7th to 10th 

 broad, triangular, terminal joint broad, ovate. Thorax trans- 

 verse, rounded and gibbous in front, with the centre of the hind 

 margin produced. Elytra rounded at the apex, forming with the 

 thorax an obtuse oval. 

 From the distinctly-serrated club of the antennae of the minute 

 insects composing this genus, the author thinks the true place of it 

 is not far from Clythra. 



Sp. 1. Pleomorpha Davisii, W.W.S. Head rufous, with a black 

 transverse line; antenna rufous, club black; thorax rufous; 

 elytra 'punctate -striate, testaceous, with the base, suture and 

 apex black. Length y^ths of an inch. — Taken near Adelaide 

 by Mr. Davis. In Mus. Brit, and Westwood. 

 Sp. 2. Pleomorpha ruficollis, W.W.S. Head black, with a patch 



