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little,* but bis services to entomology were, nevertheless, great. It was in his yacht, 

 the " Miranda," that the late Rev. Hamlet Clark made his voyage to Brazil, so 

 graphically described in "Letters Home" {cf. Ent. Mo. Mag., iv, p. 120), and in 

 which the late Mr. Wollaston made most of those voyages to the various Atlantic 

 Islands that were so pre-eminently productive of scientific results, and during which 

 Mr. Gray shewed himself a most enthusiastic collector and acute observer. He had 

 been in failing health for some years. So long ago as 1850 he was elected a member 

 of the Entomological Society of London, and his connection with the Society was 

 continued until his death, as it also was with this Magazine, to which he was an 

 original subscriber. Possibly his last public appearance amongst entomologists was 

 on the occasion of the excursion of the Entomological Club to Esher some four or 

 five years ago, and he was then in feeble health. 



Entomological Society of London : Oct. hth, 1881. — H. T. Stainton, Esq., 

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



Mr. McLabhlan exhibited a parthenogenetically-bred example of Oastrophysa 

 raphani, sent to him by Dr. Osborne {vide ante p. 128). 



Mr. Theodore Wood exhibited a Notiophilus hiyuttatus abnormally punctured. 



Mr. Meldola exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Argent, several interesting varieties of 

 British Butterflies. 



Mr. Pirn exhibited the example of Harpalus discoideus recorded in this Maga- 

 zine {ante p. 112). 



Mr. Fitch exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Bignell, Formica umbrata, var. mixta, 

 Nylander, from Stonehouse, new to this country. 



Mr. Olliff exhibited an exaxuple of Papilio Americus, Kollar, with abnormal 

 neuration occasioned by deformity in one wing. 



A communication from the Colonial Office was read regarding the damage oc- 

 casioned to cocoa-nut trees in the Fiji Islands by Lopaphus cocophagus, one of the 

 PhasmidcB ; and also respecting the ravages of locusts in Cyprus. 



Prof. We8twood communicated a description (with figures) of an insect from 

 Ceylon, apparently immature, the ordinal position of which was doubtful. He pro- 

 posed for it the generic term Dyscritina. 



Dr. Sharp communicated descriptions of new species of Coleoptera from the 

 Hawaiian Islands. 



Mr. C. O. "Waterhouse read descriptions of new species of Rutelidce from 

 Ecuador. 



Mr. Cameron communicated a paper on new species of Hymenoptera. 



November 2nd, 1881. — The President in the Chair. 



Mr. C. O. Waterhouse exhibited a variety of Ourapteryx sambucaria, in which 

 the transverse lines approximated, taken by his brother at Wandsworth. 



Mr. W. F. Kirby exhibited the specimen of Anthercea macropthalmus, n. sp., 

 from the Cold Coast, described in this Magazine, ante p. 146. Also a series of beau- 

 tiful dissections of saw-flies and other Hymenoptera, made by Mr. Cameron, with 

 especial reference to the " saws " of the former, as indicating specific differences. A 

 discussion ensued as to the most suitable objective for entomological purposes ; Messrs. 

 McLachlan and Waterhouse preferring a two-third inch ; the Rev. A. E. Eaton 

 stated that the variation in the magnifying power of objectives by various makers was 

 a source of much confusion of opinion on this point. 



* In Hagen's " Bibliotheea," vol. i, p. 302, "John Gray, Wheatfield House, near Bolton-le- 

 Moors," is credited with the publication of various entomological notes in Morris's " Naturalist " 

 from 1851 to 1S54, including the description of a new Longicom beetle (Prionus Westwoodianus). 

 We believe this results from mistaken identity. All these notes were by a "John Gray," of 

 Glasgow, a different persou (so we think': from the subject of this notice.— Eds. 



