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hare been immense, and notliing but an intense love of his subject and untiring 

 perseverance could have enabled the author to do so much and so -well. But few 

 if any other persons exist who possess at once the materials, time, perception of 

 affinities, general ability, and inclination to do such work, and the recipients of the 

 result cannot be too grateful for the boon conferred upon them. The plates are ex- 

 cellently engraved by Debray of Paris, from the drawings of Fieber and the author. 

 The author hopes to be able to publish the fourth volume before the end of this 

 year, and in order to make it as complete as possible, he i-equests the loan of speci- 

 mens of any of the species with which he has yet to deal, and to be furnished with 

 any information respecting them. He particularly indicates as imknown to him : 

 Stiphrosoma bicolor, Germ., nigritarse, Costa, Halticus ptmcticollis, Fieb., consimilis, 

 Jakovl., Orthocephalus stygialis, Muls. & 'Rey,funestus, Jakovl., tristis, Fieb., nehu- 

 losus, Fieb., alutaceus, Fieb., Pacliytoma punctigera, Horv., rugicollis, Jakov., nigrita, 

 Jakov., longicornis, Jakov., Euryopocoris Reuteri, Jakov., Camptotylus aphidioidis, 

 Jakov. ; and any examples of these which may be entrusted to him he engages shall 

 be returned as soon as possible. 



Entomological Society of London : Zrd October, 1883. — E. McLachlan, 

 Esq., F.R.S., &c., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



J. H. Durrant, Esq., of Hitchin, and G. W. Oldfield, Esq., were elected Mem- 

 bers. 



Mr. Pascoe exhibited sundry uncommon British Hemlpfera, including Ledra 

 aurita L., JS'abis brevipennis, Hahn, and Arcpopus pulcheUus, Curtis. 



Mr. Theod. Wood exhibited a specimen of a Malthodes from Dulwich, probably 

 new. 



Mr. Wailly exhibited several species of exotic Saturnidce and other silk-pro- 

 ducing Bombyces, bred by him in this country. One of the most notable was a 

 Samia allied to /S. Cecropia, and possibly a hybrid between it and some other 

 (unknown) species. 



Mr. Kirby exhibited examples of a ZygcBtia captured by Mr. Prest near York, 

 and which the latter thought might be Z. meliloti. The general opinion of the 

 Meeting appeared to be in favour of their not being distinct from Z. lonicera. 



Mr. Billups exhibited specimens of Acidia heraclei, L. (the celery-fly), which 

 had proved very destructive this season. 



Dr. Sharp communicated notes on the nomenclature of certain species of Ba- 

 trisus, embodying changes necessary in consequence of names previously applied 

 by him to new species being already in use. 



Mr. Kirby read notes on the Diptera of New Zealand, supplementary to Prof. 

 Button's Catalogue published in 1881. A discussion on the New Zealand Insect 

 Fauna ensued, in which Messrs. Meyriek, Pascoe, and otliers took part. 



1th November, 1883.— J. W. Dunning, Esq., M.A., F.L.S., President, in the 

 Chair. 



R. J. Attye, Esq., of Stratford-on-Avon, was elected a Member. 



Mr. Enock exhibited living examples of Atypus piceiis, Sulz., which was not 

 uncommon in the neighbourhood of Woking. 



Mr. Billups exhibited a large number of interesting British Aculeate Ilymeno- 



