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which he exhibited a drawing. He observed that there ex- 

 isted ah'eady in the Antilles, a species described by Fabricius, 

 under the name Splendens. The country assigned by Fabri- 

 cius to this insect, had hitherto been regarded as erroneous ; 

 because it was not thought that a true Carahus could be found 

 in the Antilles ; and the name Splendens had consequently been 

 applied to a species from the Pyrenees. As the latter insect 

 displayed on its suture the coppery shade, M. Chevrolat pre- 

 sumed that it was different, and therefore that a new name 

 should be given it. 



M. GuENEE addressed to the Society the following note on 

 the larvae of two species of Bryophila, which he had described 

 in the " Annales:" these were B. raptricula and B. perla. 

 " Having committed the fault," says the author, " of rearing 

 together those larvse which were found in the same places, and 

 almost at the same time, I have been led into the error which 

 I now correct. The larva which is thought to be that of 

 B. raptricula, and which I have described under that name, 

 really produces B. perla ; and that which has hitherto been 

 supposed that o'i B. perla, produces B. raptricula. The rearing 

 of a great number of individuals leaves me without a doubt on 

 this head. These two larvae, well figured in the works of 

 MM. Boisduval, Rombur, and Graslin, are there also trans- 

 posed in the naming. M. Treitche was about publishing the 

 same statement in his Supplement ; but not having his work be- 

 fore me, I cannot say whether he has fallen into the same error. 

 Nevertheless, as he refers for the figure of B. raptricula, to the 

 above-named works of Boisduval, Rombur, and Graslin, it may 

 fairly be inferred that he is equally mistaken. He has only, 

 described the larva o^ B. perla, from one of his correspondents, 

 M. Musschl ; but I have neglected, in translating that volume, 

 to take a description of the larva, supposing myself certain of 

 its identity. I shall give figures and rectified descriptions of 

 these larvae in the work published by M. Duponchel, who has 

 kindly wished me to join with Iiim as a fellow-labourer." 



M. ViLLiERS. A note on Branchipus Stagnalis. 



M. SoLiER. A description of a new species of Criiptocephalus. 



M. H. Lucas. Some observations on the manner of 

 oviposition in Ixodes ; and an addition to a work entitled 

 " Memoires sur plusieurs Acachnides Nouvelles appartenent au 

 geare Atta de M. Walcnaker." 



