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caterpillar-like group. Mr. T. W. Hall, a var. of Sphinx ocellalus, L., having a 

 considerable obscuration of the ocelli. Mr. Enock, specimens of the exceedingly 

 rare Polynema natans, Lub., one of the MymaridcB, which inhabits water, and lays 

 its eggs in those of the dragon-fly. In describing it, he said that it used its wings 

 for swimming, and although observed first in 1862 by Sir John Lubbock, had only 

 once been seen since ; he himself had until the present week vainly looked for it. 

 Mr. Mansbridge then read an interesting paper on " Prairie Insects," giving an 

 account of the insect inhabitants of prairies in the Indian territory, other than 

 Lepidoptera. In the discussion which ensued, Messrs. Pearce, Carrington, and 

 Warne gave their experiences in similar regions. — Ht. J. Turner, lion.. Sec. 



Entomological Sociestt of London: May \st, 1895. — Professor Raphael 

 Meldola, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Oswald H. Latter, M.A., of the Charterhouse, Godalming, was elected a 

 Fellow; and Dr. C. G. Thomson, of the University, Lund, Sweden, was elected an 

 Honorary Fellow, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Pastor Wallencren. 



Mr. Horace St. J. Donisthorpe exhibited a variety of Rhagium bijasciatum, taken 

 in the New Forest, in which the elytra were of a light testaceous colour. Mr. 

 Waterhouse exhibited a living larva of a Longicorn Beetle found in a boot-tree 

 which had been in constant use by the owner for fourteen years, the last seven of 

 which had been spent in India. The specimen was brought to the British Museum 

 on May 6th, 1890, and was put into a block of beech wood in which it had lived ever 

 since ; it did not appear to have altered in any way during these five years. It had 

 burrowed about eight inches, and probably made its exit accidentally. Mr. 

 Blandford referred to a similar case which had come under his notice. Mr. C. G. 

 Barrett exhibited a long series of the dark and strongly -marked varieties of 

 Agrotis cursoria and Agrotis tritici, taken on the sandhills of the North-East 

 coast of Scotland by Mr. Arthur Home, of Aberdeen. Mr. Dale exhibited a 

 specimen of a Sesia — supposed to be a new species — from the New Forest. Mr. 

 O. E. Janson exhibited a remarkable species of CiirculionidcB from the island of 

 Gilolo, having exceedingly long and slender rostrum, antennae and legs, it was 

 apparently an undescribed species of the genus Talanthia, Pascoe. Mr. Nelson 

 Richardson called attention to a paper by himself, in the Proceedings of the Dorset 

 Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, on the subject of Dorset Lepidoptera 

 in 1892 and 1893. Mr. W. L. Distant communicated a paper, entitled, "On a 

 probable explanation of an unverified observation relative to the family FulgoridcB." 

 In this paper the author cited the expressed opinions of certain naturalists as to the 

 luminous properties of some species of this family. In the discussion which 

 ensued Mr. Blandford said he thought further evidence was required on the subject 

 of the alleged luminosity in the Fulgorida before the statements contained in Mr. 

 Distant's paper could be accepted. Mr. J. J. Walker, R.N., contributed a paper, 

 entitled, " A Preliminary List of the Butterflies of Hong-Kong, based on Observations 

 and Captures made during the winter and spring months of 1892 and 1893." 

 Professor Meldola commented on the interesting character of the paper from an 

 Entomological point of view, and the value of the observations therein on the 

 Geology, Botany, and Climate of Hong-Kong. — H. Goss, Hon. Sec. 



