6& Entomological Society. 



Sp. 18. Promeces Sinensis. Obscure viridis, capite cyaneo anten- 

 nisque atris ; thorace utrinque arrr.ato nigra, ternis lineis viridi- 

 auratis insignito ; elytris elongatis nigro-viridibus, suturd pnUl- 

 diori. Long. lin. 13, lat. lin. 2J. 



Sp. 19. Eumolpus ignicollis. Violaceus, capite antice nigro, postice 

 aurato medioque viridi ; thorace cupreo igneo marginato, sub 

 lente punctulato ; elytris violaceis lineata-pimctaiis, marginibus 

 purpurascentibus. Long. lin. 3^, lat lin. 1^. 



Sp. 20. Galleruca atripennis. Nigra, antennis luteis ; thorace 

 flavo, elytrisque atris et nitidis, sub lente pwictulatis ; corpore 

 infra luteo, pedibus concoloribus. Long. lin. 3|, lat. lin. 1^. 



Sp. 21. Galleruca erosa. Lutea, antennis fuscis, primo articulo 

 rubro ; thorace utrinque lateribus subspinosis ; elytris pallide 

 luteis erosis, corpore infra concolori. Long. lin. 2\, lat. lin. If, 



April 4th. — W. W. Saunders, Esq., President, in the Chair. 

 Mr. Westwood exhibited three new species of Australian Rhipicera, 

 from the collections of the Entomological Society and the Rev. F. W. 

 Hope, of which the following are the characters : — 



Rhipicera attenuata, W. R. nigra punctatissima angusta, ely- 

 tris fusco luteis, guttis minutis rotundatis albis sparsim notatis. 

 $ Long. corp. lin. 7. — Hab. New Holland. 

 Rhipicera pumilio, W. R. angusta picea, capite nigro, prothorace 

 et elytris guttis vel squamis albidis ornatis. Long. corp. lin. 4. 

 — Hab. New Holland ; Swan River. 

 Rhipicera brunnea, W. R. brevis crassa, opaca, luteo-setosa ; ely- 

 tris fasciis nonnullis irregularibus interruptis, e squamis fulvis 

 formatis ; antennis brevibus, \S-articulatis. <§ Long. corp. lin. 

 6|— 9.— Hab. New. Holland. 

 He also exhibited specimens of Goliathus Delesseriii, G., and Gna- 

 thocera micans, G., from the collection of M. Guerin Meneville. 



The following memoirs were read : — 



" Notice of an Apparatus for Capturing Insects by Lamp-light." 

 By Mr. Stevenson, Corr. M.E.S., consisting of a box about two 

 feet square and about a foot deep, without a wooden top, its place 

 being supplied by four pieces of talc or glass, each fixed at an acute 

 angle on the interior of the mouth, on each side of the square and 

 opening inwards, a free open space of several inches square being left 

 in the middle, at the back of which is a lamp, defended by a semi- 

 circular glass guard, against which the insects will fly, attracted by 

 the light, and falling to the bottom of the box will be prevented from 

 crawling out again by the oblique direction of the talc or glass front. 

 This apparatus may be hung in any locality likely of success. 



Continuation of " Descriptions of New Holland Chrysomelida allied 

 to Crypto cephalus." By W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



Anodonta, Hope MSS. Body short, ovate, compressed or cylin- 

 drical. Legs rather short. Head vertical, rotundate. Eyes 

 reniform. Antenna subclavate, Jialf as long as the body in the 

 females, nearly as long as the body in the males ; 3rd, 44k and 

 5th joints rather long, nearly of equal length, slender, the re- 



