Entomological Society, 283 



T, Amphora appears to be closely allied to T. Desjardinsii, Guerin 

 (Trans. Ent. Soc. ii. 97), inhabiting Mauritius/' 



The Rhinoceros-beetles {Oryctes) are very destructive to cocoa- 

 nut plantations, as they devour the flovv^ers and leaves ; and coolies are 

 regularly employed to clear the trees thus infested : yet he never 

 saw more than twenty-five to thirty at the time destroyed in a sin- 

 gle tree. The presence of the beetle is indicated by the appearance 

 of the gigantic leaves, which have the edges regularly indented. 

 Koombang is the Malayan name for a beetle, but the Malays deno- 

 minate this species Koombang /car e^oxv^'- He had particularly 

 attended to the araneideous genus Attus, several of the species of 

 which are of the most exquisite colours, and had drawn them from 

 the life, the metallic colours generally fading, after the insect is 

 plunged into spirits, into a dull black. He had also made some 

 notes on their habits which he proposed to publish. Of the genua 

 Myrmarachne he had observed four or five species. He also inquires, 

 " Is it known that many of the Arachnida are covered with scales 

 similar to those of the Lepidoptera } I can find it nowhere recorded, 

 and I never knew so till I examined mine under the microscope, 

 since which discovery I have always added a magnified scale to my 

 sketches." 



November 4th. — G. Newport, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Weaver exhibited an extensive collection of Lepidoptera cap- 

 tured during a recent visit to Scotland, including various new spe- 

 cies of Tortricida, Tineidce, &c., and also a fine series of specimens 

 of Hipparchia Melampus of Fuesslin (a species new to this country), 

 taken in July on marshy ground amongst the mountains near Kin- 

 loch Rannock in Perthshire, and which he stated are only to be found 

 on the wing during the sunshine, dropping into the grass on the sun 

 being obscured. 



Mr. Evans exhibited various insects from New Holland and North 

 America. 



Mr. E. Doubleday exhibited specimens of a new American species 

 of Saturnia allied to S, Promethea, having the sexes alike. Also a 

 beautiful moth belonging to the genus Lophocampa, several speci- 

 mens of which had been captured alive in the London Docks, sup- 

 posed to have been imported in cargoes of mahogany from Honduras. 



Mr. F. Bond presented some oak-leaves, each covered with two 

 distinct species of oak-spangles, or minute galls. 



Mr. Westwood exhibited various Indian insects from Captain 

 Hutton, including his Plectropteron Diance, which proved to be >Sa- 

 turnia Selene, and the instruments described by that gentleman as the 

 means by which the insect cuts its way out of its cocoon, were 

 thereby ascertained to be the patagia or tippets. Also a new species 

 of moth closely allied to the Bomhyx Mori, which Captain Hutton 

 had discovered on mulberries in India, and of the transformations of 

 which an account was read from a letter addressed by him to Mr. 

 Westwood, in which he also mentioned having discovered another 

 Indian silk-moth closely allied to the Tusseh silk-moth. 



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