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Mr. Meldola made the following remarks, in explanation of au exhibition made 

 by him of parasites on the " Cabbage Butterflies :" — At the Meeting for July, 1875, 

 Mr. Riley requested that English entomologists would supply him with cocoons of 

 Microgaster glomeratus, in order that, by breeding the parasites, he might introduce 

 them into America, and thereby check the ravages of Pieris rapcB on that continent. 

 At a subsequent meeting, Mr. McLachlan had suggested that the Microgaster was 

 possibly only parasitic on P. hrassicee ; and that he did not remember to have seen 

 larvse of rapce infested by it. Mr. Meldola said that the parasites bred by him 

 from P. rapcB were not the Microgaster, but a species of Pteromalus belonging to 

 the Chalcididce. In addition to the ordinary parasite, he had obtained a Tachina 

 from P. brassicce. Mr. E. A. Fitch remarked that Von VoUenhoven obtained an 

 ichneumon {Pimpla examinator) from P. napi. [The Editors desire to obtain 

 authentic information as to whether any entomologist has observed the characteristic 

 Microgaster cocoons surrounding the larvae of P. rapce']. 



Mr. F. Smith stated that from an otherwise empty nest of Osmia muraria, from 

 Switzerland, he had bred an example of Trichodes alvearius, one of the Cleridce. 



Sir S. S. Saunders exhibited microscopic slides prepared, and forwarded, by 

 M. Lichtenstein, of Montpellier, illustrating the primitive hexapod larvce of Mylahris, 

 &c. Also a collection of insects from Corfu, sent by Mr. Whitfield. 



The Secretary stated that an example of Deiopeia pulchella had been taken 

 recently near Falmouth, by Mr. James, of Truro, and exhibited a photograph of it 

 forwarded to him. 



Mr. C. O. Waterhouse read descriptions of 20 new species of Coleoptera ; 

 and also a very interesting analysis of Gcmminger and Von Harold's Catalogue of 

 Coleoptera, now completed. He found that 11,318 generic terms appeared in this 

 Catalogue, of which 7364 are adopted (the others sinking as synonyms). The 

 number of species catalogued and considered distinct, were 77,008, and those not 

 included, but recently described, must raise the total to about 80,000. In 1821, 

 Dejoan catalogued 6692 species, whilst the edition of 1837 elevated the number to 

 22,099. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF A NEW GENUS AND SOME NEW SPECIES OF 

 NEW ZEALAND COLEOPTERA. 



BY D. SHARP, M.B. 



The species here described are amongst the most interesting of 

 the Coleoptera I have lately received from New Zealand. The new 

 Longicorns were sent to me by Captain Broun, in the spring after 

 I had transmitted to Mr. H. W. Bates the species of the family 

 described by him in the August number of this Magazine. 



Enaesus Wakefieldi, n. sp. 



Indumento fusco tectus, supra valde ruffosus, prothorace basi 

 utrinque cxcisione profunda. Long. 9 mm. ; lat. elytrorum, 4^ mm. 



This species is just the same length as E. Bakewelli, Pascoe, but 

 \^ considerably narrower, the latter species being about 5^ mm. across 



