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Mr. Ingpen exhibited a specimen of the common white butterfly 

 which had died in the act of passing from the larva to the chrysalis 

 state. 



Mr. Westwood exhibited specimens of the pupa? of a small species 

 of Cicada, from the body of each of which one or several elongated 

 appendages (clavarice) had been produced. Likewise a numerous 

 collection of the portable cases formed by various insects, chiefly 

 Lepidoptera allied to Oiketicus, Guild., as well as numerous draw- 

 ings of other kinds of cases, observing that in all the instances which 

 had fallen under his notice the larva closes the mouth of the case by 

 fixing the edges of the aperture where the front of the body has for- 

 merly protruded to the stems or leaves of trees, whereas in a draw- 

 ing by Abbott in the British Museum, copied by Mr. Doubleday in 

 the ' Entomologist,' pi. l.fig. 15, the case of a species allied to Oike- 

 ticus is affixed by a stalk at the open end to the twig. Mr. Edward 

 Doubleday, who was present, however, affirmed the correctness of 

 the drawing in this respect. 



Mr. Shuckard mentioned that he had found specimens in the in- 

 digenous collection of the British Museum of Anthocopa Papaveris, 

 and of the genus Ammobates, Latr., both hitherto unrecorded as na- 

 tives of this country. He also exhibited some fine hymenopterous 

 insects from New Holland, including a gigantic species of Megalyra, 

 Westw. 



A paper was read by Mr. Westwood, containing descriptions of 

 some new exotic Lamellicom Beetles : — 



Silphodes Indica, W. S. castaneo-fusca, lateribus rufescentibus ; 

 elytris striato-punctatis, mediocriter setoso-marginatis ; tibiis an- 

 ticis exths {et inter dentes) serratis ; tarsis anticis simplicibus. 

 Long. corp. lin. 5^. — Hab. East Ind. Mus. Melly. 

 Silphodes Madagascariensis, W. S. piceo-castanea, lateribus pe- 

 dibusque magis rufescentibus ; capite antice latiori ; elytris minus 

 ovatis, punctatis punctis major ibus, striisque tribus leevibus, punc- 

 tis utrinque marginatis ; lateribus longe setosis. Long. corp. lin. 

 5|. — Hab. Madagascar. Mus. Melly. 

 Silphodes dubia, W. S. nigricans, lateribus vix setosis ; prothor ace 

 Icevi ; elytris sub lente irregulariter punctatis, lineis tribus leevibus 

 in singulo, punctis utrinque marginatis ; tibiis anticis externe (et 



inter denies) serratis. — Long. corp. lin. 4J. — Hab. ? Mus. 



Hope. 



June 6, 1842.— W. W. Saunders, Esq., F.L.S., President, in the 



Chair. 



Mr. Bond brought for distribution amongst the members, speci- 

 mens of Blethisa multipunctata and Callidium violaceum, and Mr. 

 Evans specimens of Cleonis nebulosa and a rare species of Chryso- 

 mela. 



Mr. S. Stevens exhibited a box of Coleoptera captured near Charl- 

 ton, Kent, comprising several rare species. 



Mr. Ingpen exhibited some branches of the spindle trees growing 

 in Lincoln's- Inn -Fields, covered with multitudes of a species of 

 Coccus. 



