242 [Noveinbei-, 



A communication from Mr. Albert Miiller was read, to the effect that he had 

 established an " Entomological Station " at Basle. 



Mr. H. Goss exhibited a series of specimens of Lyccena Arion from the Cotswolds 

 taken in June of this year. At least one-third of the examples taken were remarkable 

 for their very small size. He had found no parallel difference in size in specimens 

 from other localities. 



Mr. Meldola exhibited a collection of Lepidoptera taken by him in Ceylon and 

 the Nicobar Islands in 1875. 



It was announced that the Longicorn beetle taken at Birkenhead, and exhibited 

 at the last Meeting, proved to be Monohammus titillatus, F., a species inhabiting the 

 United States. 



Mr. McLachlan read a paper " On Notiothauma Eeedi, a remarkable new genus 

 and species of Neuroptera from Chili, pertaining to the Family Panorpidce." 



Mr. Butler communicated a paper " On the Lepidoptera of the Family Litho- 

 siidce in the collection of the British Museum." 



CHAEACTEES OF A NEW OENUS, AND DESCEIPTIONS OF NEW 

 SPECIES, OF GEODEPSAGA FEOM THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. 



BY THE EEV. T. BLACKBUEN, B.A. 



LEBIID^. • 

 SAEONYCHIUM, gen. nov. 

 {Cijmindi affinc) . 

 Mentum dente medio obticso. 



Palpi maxillaf'es articulo ultimo cylindrico triincato, lahinles securiformi. 

 Mandihulce fort iter arcuated. 

 Labrum transver sum, fortius emarginatum. 

 Caput breve, latum, hasi fortius constrictum. 

 Oculi magni, convexi. 

 Antenna} capita thoraceque conjunctis hand longiores, articulo prima 



tertio vix majors, secundo minore. 

 Prothorax fortiter transversus, hasi media liaud productus. 

 Elytra lata, depressa, apice truncata. 

 Pedes breves, crassiusculi. 

 Tarsorum articulus quartus bipartitus. 

 Unguiculi intus fortiter pectinuti. 



S. iNCONSPicuuM, sp. nov. 



Subnitidum, parce puhescens, setis marginalibus longis vestitum, brunneuni, capiie 

 prothoraceque obsolete punctatis, hoc fortiter transverso, subcordato, canaliculato, 

 antice haud emarginato, lateribus transversim rugatis, margine laterali repando, an- 

 gulis posticis fere rectis ; elytris fere parallelis, crebre punctatis, leviler striatis, 

 angulis htcmeralibus fere rectis. Long. 9| mm. 



On the plains near Honolulu. Apparently very rare. 



