466 Zoological Society. 



Mr. Westwood noticed the peculiar construction of the scutellum 

 of the large species of Goliath Beetles, which does not allow the elytra 

 to be elevated beyond a very little distance above the back. 



Mr. F. Smith exhibited a specimen of Macropis labiata <$ , taken 

 by Mr. S. Stevens during the excursion to Weybridge in June ; also 

 specimens of the male, female and two kinds of neuters of Formica 

 sanguinea. 



Mr. S. Stevens exhibited some Egyptian beans greatly eaten by 

 Anobium paniceum, and Mr. Saunders stated that a cargo of the Pady 

 or Divi Divi, a South American legume, had been very greatly in- 

 jured by a species of Bruchus. 



Mr. Ingpen exhibited some radishes from Battersea fields, the 

 stems of which were greatly swollen in parts, probably resulting from 

 the punctures of some insect. 



Mr. Westwood exhibited some Dipterous larvae which feed on the 

 heads of lettuce seed. He also read a memoir entitled " Descriptions 

 of some new Exotic Reduviidce of large size :" — 



Ectrichodia imperialis, W. E. purpurascens, hemelytris atris, abdo- 

 minis marginibus detectis fulvo purpureoque alternatim maculatis ; 

 antennis 6-articulatis, radiculd basali hand computatd. — Long, 

 corp. unc. 1 j. — Hab. Cape Palmas, Mr. Savage. Mus. Hope. 



Platymeris ducalis, W. Nigra nitida, hemelytris maculd laterali, 

 femoribus fascid laid subapicali, abdominis maculis lateralibus 

 rufis ; pronoto scutelloque spinigeris. — Long. corp. unc. l£. — Hab. 

 Cape Palmas, Mr. Savage. Mus. Hope. 



Ectinoderus,W. Subg. nov. Pronotum maximum antice suprd, basin 

 pedum anticorum dilatatum in medio transverse impressum, posti- 

 ceque in lobos duos suprd basin hemelytrorum protensum. Pedes 

 antici valde elongati, femoribus crassis tibiisque rectis. Antenna 

 4-articulatte, articulo l mo longo, tribus ultimis sensim brevioribus 

 et tenuioribus (inter art. 1 et 2 et 2 et 3 articuli minimi apparent). 

 Abdomen subrotundum depressum lateribus detectis. 



Ectinoderus longimanus, W. Obscure luteus, capite antennis et 

 hemelytrorum membrand nigris, femoribus fascid medid apiceque 

 tibiisque anticis (nisi ad basin) nigricantibus hemelytrorum corio 

 et abdominis lateribus luteo nigroque variis. — Long. corp. unc. 1^. 

 — Hab. Singapore ? Mus. Westwood. 



Obs. Mr. Cuming has brought another species of this subgenus 

 from the Philippine Islands. 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



June 28, 1842. — William Yarrell, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



A paper by G. B. Sowerby, Esq., containing descriptions of new 

 species of Shells belonging to the genus Cyclostoma, was read. 



The species described in this paper were collected in the Philip- 

 pine Islands by H. Cuming, Esq., by whom they were exhibited. 



Cyclostoma acutimarginatum. 

 Cycl. testa suborbiculari, conicd, tenui, Icevi, subpellucidd, badid, 

 albido-marmoratd, spird subacuminatd, submammillari, anfracti- 



