214 [SeT<tcmber, 



WcdneHdny , Juw. 1th, V,yl2. — The I'rc-sident in the Chair. 



The President announced the death of Mr. II. Rowland- P.rown, M. A., 

 fonnerly Secretary of the Society, and a vote of condolence was j>a«»ed with his 

 relatives. lie also announced that Mr, II. Willoii^jhby Ellis, F.Z.S., had hoen 

 co-opted on the Council in the place of the late Mr, llowland-Brown. 



The following were elected Fellows of the Society : — Messrs. B. A. li. 

 Gater, B.A., F.R.M.S., 13 Arundel Mansions, Kelvedon Road, S.VV.6; Lionel 

 Lacey, Churchfield, liodborouffh, Stroud, Glouceftter : Herbert Mace, Fair- 

 cotes, Harlow, Essex ; William 11. .lackson, 14 Woodcote Valley Road, 

 Parley; and Mi.ss A. B. Flower, Eastbury, Surrey Road, Bournemouth West. 



Professor Poulton made some remarks on transformational deceptive 

 resemblance in insects arising out of the exliibits of long-horned gra-ssh oppers 

 made by Dr. Marshall on behalf of Mr. Uvarov at the previous ineeting. 

 Professor Poulton also exhibited an example of Coccinella septempunctata as 

 the prey of an Asilid, Laphria flava; he called attention to some recent 

 observations on the " false head" of i/yc«ewiVi«e in relation to the attacks of 

 enemies; he also gave numerous interesting particulars of the binomics, 

 geographical races, and affinities of the remarkable African butterfly, I'aeuflo- 

 pontia puradoxa. Dr. Dixey, who illuitrated his remarks with a lantern-slide, 

 discussed the venation of this butterfly; he expressed the opinion that it is 

 more closely associated to the Fierlnae than any other subfamily, and that 

 there are probably two geographical races of it distinguished by the venation. 

 I)r. Neave made some remarks on the habits and distribution of this species, 

 and of Jjfifitonia medma and Leuceronia phirin, butterflies that are associated 

 with it in some parts of Africa. Mr. G. Talbot, on behalf of Mr. .T. J. Joicey, 

 brought for exhibition some new and rare Lepidoptera from Africa, New 

 Guinea, and the Dutch East Indies. 



The following papers were read : " Transformative Deceptive fie-'emblance 

 ill Long-homed Grasshoppers," by Mr. J}. P. Uvarov; '^'- Elateridae of the 

 Seychelles Expedition," by M. Fleutiaux, communicated by Dr. II. Scott. — 

 S, A. Nkavk, Tlf/n. Nan. 



SOMK LVJJiAN COLEOPTEKA (9).* 

 liV O. (',. CHAMPION, F.Z.S. 



The niritli contribution of this .series includes descriptions of seve)*al 

 new Malachiid.H recently brought me by my oldest son from the L'nited 

 Provinces, and of others from various Indian localities contained in the 

 collections of Mr. Andre wes and the British Museum. Numerous 

 species from the same sources belonging to the genera Laiua, dolotex, 

 Attalun, InciHomalachiuH, Hedyhiug, Uypehaeua, Mnlachivn, Hapalo- 

 chrus, etc., have already been enumerated by me in this Magazine or in 

 the " Annals and Magazine of Natural History." Amongst the Attali 



* The namfift of two of the live new upeci'eg of C'oHicaria deacribed in the seventh contribution 

 ;hi» ««ri»» '««<«■'/, pT), 31, 70, 71 ) arc prcoccuijied, and the folic 

 peniiU" for injlnta and " parviihorax" tor parvicoUin. — Q-. C. C, 



