46 [February, 



J. Capper, Esq., F.E.S. Vice-Presidents : Professor T. Hudson Beare, B.Sc, 

 F.E.S., F.R.S.E. ; Richard Wilding ; J. H. Bailey, M.B., Ch.B, ; E. J. B. Sopp, 

 F.R.Met.S., F.E.S. ; Professor E. B. Poulton, M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S., and J. R. 

 Charnley, F.Z.S., F.E.S. Hon. Treasurer : J. Cotton, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., L.S.A. 

 Hon. Secretaries : H. R. Sweeting, M.A. ; W. Mansbridge E.E.S., and W. Dela- 

 mere-Harrison. Hon. Editor: J. R. le B. Tomlin, M.A., F.E.S. Hon. Librarian : 

 F. N. Pierce, F.E.S. Council : H. St. J. K. Donisthorpe, F.Z.S., F.E.S., A. Tippins, 

 W. A. Tyerman, B. H. Crabtree, F.E.S., J. Kidson Taylor, J. F. Button, 

 W. Webster, M.R.S.A.T., F. R. Dixon-Nuttall, F(R.M.S., Rev. T. B. Eddrup, M.A., 

 C. E. Stott, R. Tait, jun., and P. Edwards, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., L.S.A. The 

 following were re-apppointed Recorders : Coleoptera, J. R. le B. Tomlin ; Hymen- 

 optera, Edward Saunders, F.R.S., F.L.S., F.E.S. : Lepidoptera, F. N. Pierce ; 

 Diptera, C. R. Billups, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., and E. E. Lowe, F.L.S. ; Neuroptera, 

 W. J. Lucas, B.A., F.E.S., Orthoj)tera, E. J. B. Sopp, and Hemiptera, Oscar 

 Whittaker. 



Exhibits were shown as follows : British Lepidoptera by Mr. R. Tait, jun. 

 Three cases of West African I^epidoptera, captured on the Gold Coast during May, 

 1905, by Mr. W. A. Tyerman. S. carpini, as a weasel, a case of mimicry, by Dr. 

 P. Tinne. The stick insect, Tirachoides speetahilis, from New Guinea, by Mr. 

 J. J. Richardson. Mecostethus qrossu^, L., from the New Forest, pi'esented to the 

 Society by Mr. W. J. Lucas. CreopMlus maxUlosus, L., with a red thorax, from 

 Ashton-on-Mersey, in November (R. Tait, Jun.), a perfect specimen of the green 

 cockroach, Panchlora virescens, Thunb., captured amongst bananas in Manchester 

 (H. Garnett), and the Central American earwig, Apterygida linearis, Esch., from 

 the Liverpool Docks, by Mr. Sopp, and identified by Mr. Malcolm Burr. — E. J. B. 

 Sopp, J. R. le B. Tomlin, W. D. Haeeison, Hon. Secretaries. 



FURTHER NOTES 



ON THE CAPTURE OF AMAUA ANTHOBTA, Villa, 



AND THE COMPARATIVE MORPHOLOGY OF A. FAMILIARIS, Duft., 



A. ANTHOBTA, AND A. LUCID A, Duft. 



BY THE REV. GEORGE A. CRAWSIIAY, M.A. 



{Concluded from No. 494, Ent. 3Io. Mag., page 161.) 



On presenting specimens of A. antltohia to British Coleopterists 

 I find that some difference of opinion exists as to its specific value, 

 a few being inclined to regard it as a variety either of A. fainiliaris 

 or of A. lucid a. 



It is interesting to note, in connection with this, that Schaum 

 united anthohia and familiaris under one species (Ins. Deutschl. i, 

 p. 533), while Dejean united lucida and familiaris. The large 

 majority of Coleopterists, however, appear to regard anthohia as 

 distinct. I have carefully examined 300 examples of anthohia taken 



