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that he would permit it to be printed for distribution amongst the 

 Members. 



The following memoirs were read : — 



" Notice of the occurrence in Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire, 

 of Trypodendron lineatum, a new British species of wood-boring Co- 

 leoptera." By T. Desvignes, Esq. 



" A Decade of new Coleoptera from Assam." By Captain Frede- 

 rick Parry, F.L.S. &c. 



1 . Cicindela Assamensis, P. Atro-picea, elytiis maculis 4: fiavis, cor- 

 pore infra nitido viridi trochanteribus rubris. Long. corp. lin. 9J. 



2. Cicindela latipennis, P. Berylino-viridis, fronte albido, disco 

 subcupreo-ceneo, elytris lunulis tribus lateralibus fiavis alteraque 

 fere media ad suturam vergente apicibus fiavis. Long. corp. lin. 8. 



3. Heptodonta (Gen. Cicindelarum) Hopei, P. Viridis, fronte al- 

 bido, lateribus brunneis, thorace cylindrico elytrisque concoloribus 

 immaculatis apicibus subtruncatis, corpore infra viridi, femoribus 

 ad basin fiavis. Long. corp. lin. 1\. 



4. Calosoma nigrum, P. Nigrum, mandibulis porrecto-falcatis in- 

 dentatis, thorace transverso-rotundato parvo, elytris thorace qua- 

 druplo longioribus, postice dilatatis et lineato-punctatis, punctis in 

 3 lineis positis, corpore infra atro, pedibus concoloribus. Long, 

 corp. lin. 14. 



5. Athyreus frontalis, P. Castaneus, antennis fiavis, capite antice 

 nigro, postice castaneo, thorace ad marginem anticum parvm ele- 

 vato, postice valde excavato, foveola utrinque fortiter impressa, 

 pedibus fuscescentibus, femoribus rubris. Long. corp. lin. 8j. 



6. Mimela sapphirina, P. Lcete cyanea, capite marginato virescenti, 

 thorace nitido violaceo, elytrisque striato-punctatis sapphirinis, 

 fascia violacea parum distincta, fere ad latera posita ; corpore in-^ 

 fra atro -piceo, femoribus pallidioribus . Long. corp. lin. 6j, 



7. Alaus irroratus, P. Niger, maculis minutis fiavis irroratis, capite 

 fere atro, thorace obscuro subtilissime punctis asperso, elytris stri- 



atis, macula atra majori ad latera posita aliisque fiavis per totum 

 discum aspersis. Long. corp. lin. 15. 



8. Eumolpus pyrophorus, P. Violaceus, capite late cyaneo, thorace 

 concolori, elytris igneo-ceneis, humeris apicibusque cyaneis, corpore 

 infra violaceo, pedibus concoloribus. 



9. Lamia (Batocera, Dej.) Calanus, P. Atro-cinerea, antennis atris 

 et scabrosis, thorace bimaculato, maculis albis, elytrisque ad apicem 

 bispinosis, ad basin scabris, disco maculis albis 8 notato, corpore 

 infra atro-cinereo, pedibus cinereo-tomentosis. Long. corp. lin. 26. 



10. Lamia Porus, P. Atro-cinerea, antennis corpore longioribus 

 scabrosis, thorace unimaculato, scutello concolori, elytrisque ad su- 

 turam et ad latera parum mucronalis, ad basin scabris, maculisque 

 puniceis albo-notatis. Long. corp. lin. 20. 



Obs. Captain Parry suggests the possibility that the spots on this 

 species may have been artificially coloured, although other allied spe- 

 cies exhibit spots of orange and yellow running into red and pink. 



" On the means by which the Honey-bee finds its way back to 

 the Hive." By George Newport, Esq., President. 



