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all taken within a short radius, and probably were in the proportion of 

 about one to forty of the ordinary form. All, with one exception, were 

 females. Mr. Lovell Keays remarked that he had some years ago met 

 with a similar brood near Weymouth in which the confluent spots were 

 entirely confined to females, but in that instance the proportion was 

 much higher. Professor S. H. Scudder, of Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A., 

 stated that he had observed the occurrence of broods with suffused spots 

 in America, but they were not confined to any special locality. Mr. C. 

 0. Waterhouse exhibited the type-specimen of Coptomia opalina of 

 Gory, from the Hope Collection at Oxford, and pointed out that it was 

 quite distinct from C. mntahilis, W ; the distinct punctuation of the whole 

 insect and its striolate pygidium were sufificient to distinguish it at once. 

 Mr. Waterhouse called attention to this because some French entomo- 

 logists maintain that these insects are the same species. He also called 

 attention to Siljiha atomaria, Linn. (Syst. Nat., xii., i., p. 574), a Swedish 

 sjiecies which aj)peared to have escaped notice and was not included in 

 any catalogue. The type is still extant in the Linneean cabinet, and 

 Mr. Waterhouse said he was of opinion that it is Olibrus gernhms of our 

 collections, but he had not had an opportunity of making a critical 

 examination. He also exhibited male and female specimens of a 

 HelopeUis (Tea-Bug) which he considered a distinct species, and stated 

 that it had occurred only in Assam. Mr. M. Jacoby exhibited certain 

 species and varieties of the genus Ceroglossus from Chili, and Dr. D. 

 Sharp, Mr. J. J. Walker, and Mr. Champion made remarks on their 

 geogi'aphical distribution. Prof. Scudder exhibited the type-s]oecimen 

 of a fossil butterfly — Prodryas persephone — found in beds of Tertiary 

 Age (Oligocene), at Florissant, Colorado. He said the species belonged to 

 the Nyvij^halidce, and the specimen was remarkable as being in more 

 perfect condition than any fossil butterfly from the European Tertiaries ; 

 he also stated that he had found a bed near the White River on the 

 borders of Utah, in which insects were even more abundant than in the 

 Florissant beds. Dr. Sharp, Mr. Kirby, Mr. H. Goss and the President 

 took part in the discussion which ensued. Mr. Goss exhibited hyl)er- 

 nating larva3 of Sjrilothyuis alcece, which had been sent to him by Mr. 

 F. Bromilow from St. Maurice, Nice. Mr. W. F. H. Blandford read a 

 paper entitled " The Ehynchophorous Coleoptera of Japan. Part HI. 

 Scolytidai." The President, Dr. Sharp, Mr. Champion, Mr. McLachlan, 

 and Mr. J. J. Walker took part in a discussion concerning the distribu- 

 tion of the group ; and the admixture of Pahearctic and Oriental forms 

 in Japan. Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker read " Notes on some Lejiidoptera 

 received from the neighbourhood of Alexandria," and exhibited the 

 specimens. Mr. McLachlan suggested that the scarcity of insects in 

 Lower Egypt was possibly to be accounted for by the fact that much of 

 the country was under water for a portion of the year, and Dr. Sharp 

 said that another cause of the scarcity was the cultivation of every 

 available piece of land for centuries jiast. Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse read 

 " Further Observations on the Tea-Bugs {HeJopeltis) of India." Dr. F. 

 A. Dixey communicated a paper " On the Phylogeny of the 

 Fiennce, as illustrated by their wing-markings and geographical distri- 

 bution." — H. Goss and W. W. Fowler, Eon Sees. 



Birmingham Entomological Society. — November 20th, 1893. — 

 Exhibits : — Mr. Rossiter ; A. tincta, H. contigua and H. protea from 

 Arley ; also a specimen of X. scolopacina from Shut Mill. Mr. 



