THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 21 7 



towards the mouth, and a triangular elevation adjoining each eye on the 

 inner side ; labrum with a deep sinus ; mandibles with three teeth at the 

 extremity, and one in the middle of the upper side ; knob of the antennae 

 consisting of three hairy joints, the outer one thicker than the others and 

 curved : prothorax channelled, impressed on each side near the base ; 

 under a powerful lens several scattered very minute punctures may be 

 discovered on its surface ; the ora, or undersides of the prothorax, are 

 likewise punctured, and soft with tawny hairs : elytra furrowed ; furrows 

 punctured : cubit many-toothed ; intermediate tibiae densely bearded, on 

 the outside, with tawny hairs. 



The bent or nodding horn on the head of the species here described 

 has generally been taken for a sexual character ; but I am inclined to 

 regard this as a mistaken notion. Specimens thus circumstanced, as far 

 as I have been able to ascertain, have hitherto been found only in North 

 America : while those with a tuberculated head are found in various parts 

 of South America, in the East and West Indies : and I have one in my 

 cabinet from New Holland. Eleven specimens of the former were col- 

 lected in the Expedition, varying in size, and not a single one of the latter. 

 [Generally known by the Fabrician name of P. cornutus. Taken frequently 

 in the southern and western parts of Ontario.] 



MEETING OF THE LONDON BRANCH. 



The regular monthly meeting of the London branch of the Entomo- 

 logical Society of Ontario, was held on Friday evening, the 15th inst, at 

 the residence of Mr. Saunders — the President, Mr. C. Chapman, in the 

 chair. 



After the usual routine business was disposed of, the recent death of 

 one of the active members of the Society was referred to : that of Mr. B 

 Billings, of Ottawa. His loss was deeply regretted, and the following 

 resolution of condolence and sympathy unanimously passed : — 



Resolved. — That we have heard, with deep regret and sorrow, of the 

 loss of one of our active members by death : the late B. Billings, Esq., of 

 Ottawa, a man who, by his generous bearing towards his fellow-labourers, 

 and his own active work in Entomological science, has won for him the 

 highest esteem ; and, while we sincerely feel the loss which our Society has 



