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the Aphis to which the devastation has been so confidently attri- 

 buted, were nowhere to be traced. 



November 2. 



E. Forster, Esq., V.P., in the Chair. 



James Hewitson Wilson, Esq., was elected a Fellow. 



Mr. Westwood exhibited the following cases of insect monstrosi- 

 ties : — 



1. Chiasognathus Grantii, with the left antenna deformed, furcate 

 at the base of the serrated portion ; one branch very short and appa- 

 rently composed of four clavate joints, the other branch shorter than 

 in-the normal antenna and irregularly and shortly serrated ; the lower 

 division of the left mandible also shorter than that of the right side. 

 From Mr. Westwood's collection. 



2. A new species of Elateridce from Ceylon, in Mr. Templeton's 

 collection. The middle foot on the right side deformed; the coxa 

 and trochanter normal, but with three femora conjoined at their bases, 

 and emitting three perfect tibiae, and two perfect and one imperfect 

 tarsus. 



3. An Indian Copris allied to C. lunaris, from Col. Hearsey's col- 

 lection, in which the upper portion of the front of the head is want- 

 ing, exposing the parts of the mouth. 



Read a paper " On the Natural History, Anatomy, and Develop- 

 ment of Melo'e (Third Memoir — the Anatomy)." By George New- 

 port, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S. &c. 



Mr. Newport commenced this memoir by stating that having 

 traced the Natural History of Melo'e in the preceding memoirs, he 

 now proposed to examine its Anatomy " with reference to those 

 principles which regulate the formation of animal bodies, and which 

 seem to be the links of connexion that associate peculiarities of in- 

 stinct with the evolution and with the functions of special struc- 

 tures." 



The portion read was the first section of the third memoir, the 

 tegument of the young larva. This structure was shown to be the 

 primary and essential foundation-tissue of the organized being, having 



