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The .South I^dndo^' ENroMohociiCAL am) Naiuuai, History Socikty : 

 February \2fli, ] 920.— Mr. K. G. Blair, F.E.S., President, in tlie C'liair. 



]Mr. Withycombe, of Waltbamstow, and t'apt. Crocker, of IJexley, were 

 elected members. 



Edhihition of the yenus Ilvberuia — its variation. — The Rev. F. M. B. 

 Carr introduced the discussion and exhibition. Messrs. A. A. W. Buclistone, 

 It. Adliin, A. E. Tonge, H. E. Leeds, B. S. Williams, S. Edwards, and Hy. J. 

 Turner exhibited the various species and joined in the discussion. Mr. R. T. 

 Bowman specially dealt with H. defoliaria a.-^ it occurs in Epping Forest. 

 Mr. Newman, a box of aberrations bought at the Sydney Webb collection, 

 including remarkable specimens of Arctia caja, Ilipocrita jacobaeae, etc. It 

 Avas reported that I'/iiyalia pednria was fully out near Hudderstield on 

 January 17th, one specimen at Boncaster as early as December 4th, 1919. 



February "KSth, 1920. — The President in the Chair. 



Mr. F. Lindemaii, of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Mr. S. Abbott, of Catford, 

 were elected members. 



Mr. Main, lantern-slides illustrating details of the life-histories of the 

 beetles Cetonia aurata, Dorcus parallelojn^yedus, Lacanus cervus, Necrophurus 

 humutur, Kchria irevicollis, I'tei-ogticJias iii(ifUdnt<, and lihayiiun inquisitor. 

 Mr. Bunnett, lantern-slides of ovii of Clirysopa spp., resting attitudes of 

 insects, the egg-breaker of the lar\a oi Stenopst cus cruciatus, etc. Mr. A. A. 

 W. Buckstone exhibited a long bred and captured series of Himera pennuria 

 from various localities, and read notes on the forms included. Mr. Garrett, an 

 extremely pale xanthic example (if Coenonympha pumphilas, taken at ^^ icken. 

 — Ily. J. TuiiNER, Hon. Editor of Froceedinys. 



NEW SPECIES OF STAPHYLIXIDAE FliOM CEYLON.- Part II. 

 ]31" MALCOLM CA:^[J■:^OX, M.l!., !{.>'., F.E.S. 



{Coiduuied Jivm p. 53.) 

 Falagria ccjjiunica. u. sp. 



Shining, light reddish-brown, the elytra brownish-testaceous, simply 

 punctured, the first two abdominal segments, antennae, and legs testaceous. 

 Length o-4 mm. So very similar to F. dimidiata Motsch. that it will be 

 sufficient to enumerate the points of difference. It is larger and more robust 

 than that species ; the head and thorax are lighter and redder, with much 

 more sparing jiuncturation : the elytra are coloured as in F. dimidiata but are 

 more sparingly punctured, as is also the abdomen ; the antennae are much 

 shorter and stouter, the 4tli to the 9th joints longer than broad but decreasing 

 in length, the 10th as long as broad, the 11th one-half as long again as the 

 preceding. 



Hah. Bogawantalawa, alt. 4000-5200 feet {G. Lewis). 



