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Astynomus cedilis at Bath, but Mr. C. O. Waterhouse pointed out that the insect 

 was in reality a North American species of Monohammus, which had no doubt been 

 bred from imported timber. 



Mr. McLachlan exhibited the Caddis-fly from Unst, described by him in this 

 Magazine {ante p. 153) as Mesophylax impiinctatus, var. zetlandicus, and also M. 

 aspersits, and its var. canariensis, for comparison. 



Mr. H. J. S. Pryer communicated a paper treating casually on Mr. Lewis' views 

 as to the origin of colour in insects, and particularly on two remarkable instances of 

 mimicry in insects from Elopura, North Borneo. In the one case a large Longicorn 

 beetle, NotJiopeiis fasciatipennis, C. O. Waterhouse, with abbreviated elytra, but 

 with broad hind- wings, almost precisely mimicked Mygnimia aviculus, Sauss., a 

 species of SphegidcB ; in the other case, a large Lepidopterous insect described by 

 Mr. Butler as Scolioniima inaignis (new genus and species) mimicked Triscolia 

 patricialis, Burm., a species of ScoIiadcB. A long discussion ensued, in which several 

 members joined, Mr. C. O. Waterhouse and Mr. Butler pointing out various other 

 cases of mimicry in insects. 



January 21st, 1885 (Annual Meeting). — The President in the Chair. 



The following Officers were elected for 1885, viz., E. McLachlan, President, 

 E. Saunders, Treasurer, E. A. Fitch and W. E. Kirby, Secretaries, F. Grrut, Libra- 

 rian ; and the following other members of Council, viz., T. B. Biliups, J. W. 

 Dunning, H. Druce, H. Goss, R. Meldola, J. W. Slater, S. Stevens, and J. J. Weir. 



Mr. Dunning, the outgoing President, read an Address, which was ordered to 

 be printed ; thanks were voted to the Officers, who severally replied ; and the 

 Meeting terminated. 



February 8t7i, 1885 : R. McLachlan, Esq., E.R.S., President, in the Chair, 



The President thanked the Society for the honour that had been conferred upon 

 him, and nominated Messrs. Dunning, Stevens, and Weir, as Yice-Presidents for 

 the year. 



Messrs. H. P. James, of Yalpai-aiso, and H. C. Sandars, of Cleveland Place, 

 Hyde Park, were elected Members. 



Mr. J. W. Slater exhibited a specimen of Lyccena chryseis, one of three that he 

 was informed had been taken in July, 1878, by Mr. Mutch, in Culter Marsh, Aber- 

 deenshire. Mr. Stainton said that the former records of this insect as British were 

 of ancient date and uncertain authenticity, and that it was very desirable to see 

 more examples from Aberdeenshire and in better condition. Mr. Elwes stated that 

 the specimen resembled the variety known as Stieheri, Grerhard, occurring in Lapland. 



The Eev. A. Fuller exhibited insects of various Orders collected by him in 

 America on the occasion of the visit of the British Association to Canada in 1884. 



Mr. W. Cole exhibited a remarkably perfect nest of Vespa norvegica from 

 Epping Forest, and remarked that a friend had, to the best of his belief, obtained a 

 wasp from the same nest that proved to be V. sylvestris. 



Mr. de Niceville sent for exhibition (through Mr. Distant) several Butterflies, 

 mostly Satyridce, from Calcutta, and remarked on the difference in the size of 

 the ocellated spots on the under-side of the hind-wings in the wet or dry 

 seasons brood, which had caused these different broods to have been described as 



