r)Q [Sfivitoinber, 187S. 



was a man of valuable and noble character ; all Tvliicli qualities make tlie regret of 

 those who had the delight of his personal acquaintance the deeper for their loss. — ■ 

 O. M. E. 



Entomological Society of London : Srd July, 1878. — H. W. Bates, Esq., 

 F.L.S., &c.. President, in the Chair. 



Mr. B. S. Nevinson was elected a Member, and Mr. J. A. Finzi a Subscriber. 



Mr. Pascoe exhibited a selection from his captures on a recent expedition to 

 Algeria and the South of Spain ; including Scorino fimestus, Tarisa diiniditiapes, 

 AnthochaHs Nonna, Typhlopone oravensis, &c., &c. 



Mr. W. C. Boyd stated that, according to his experience, the grass in which the 

 larva of Elachista cerusella raines is Phalaris arundinacea and not Arundo phragmites, 

 as is generally believed, and considered the mistake was due to the difficulty of 

 separating these plants when only in leaf. But Mr. Stainton and others thought it 

 was still an open question as to whether the species might not be also attached to the 

 Arundo. (We shall be glad to learn the experiences of other breeders of Micro- 

 Lepidoptera on this point. — Eds.) 



Mr. Distant exhibited a species of Homoptera from New Zealand, sent to Dr. 

 Sharp by Mr. Lawson, and which he identified as Ricania australis, but it was 

 darker than Australian specimens of the same species ; it had been found on the 

 Dahlia in New Zealand. 



Professor Westwood called attention to an article by Dr. Packard in the 

 "American Naturalist," for June, 1878 (vol. xii, p. 379 — 383) on "The mode of 

 extrication of silk-worm moths from their cocoons " by means of a tooth at the 

 exti'eme base of the anterior-wings, and considered by the writer (who referred 

 especially to Attacus luna) to be a new discovery. He pointed out that the fact was 

 not new but had been long ago observed by Captain Hutton with regard to Attacus 

 Selene in India, and published in vol. v. of the 1st series (p. 85) of the Society's 

 " Transactions." 



Professor Westwood also alluded to a Lepidopterous larva injurious to potatoes 

 by boring in the stems, and considered by him to belong to the Pijralidai. 



Mr. Jenner Weir exhibited examples of Leucania turca from the New Forest, 

 to the haustella of which pollen-masses of Hahenaria hifolia were attached. Also a 

 singular aberration of Hipparcliia Hyperanthus, in which the eye-spots ou the under- 

 side of the wings were oval instead of round. 



Mr. Dunning exhibited living examples of the spider Tl'omisus citreus, sent to 

 him by Mr. Nottidge, of Ashford, as a good instance of mimicry, the white colour 

 serving a purpose useful to the spider (a hunter, and not a spinner) by concealing its 

 presence in the flowers it frequents. 



Sir S. S. Saunders communicated notes sent to him by Mr. J. Ilaselden, from 

 Egypt, relating to the habits of a honey-bee (probably Apis fasciata), in which he 

 had observed several females and attendant " swarms " issue from the same hive at 

 short intervals. 



Mr. C. O. Waterhouse read a paper on New Coleoptera from xiustralia and Tas- 

 mania in the collections of the British Museum. 



