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June J 6. 



The President in the Chair. 



Twelve members present. 



Mr. Teschemacher read a paper on a new species of 

 Rarrlesia from Manilla, for which he proposed the specific 

 name of R. Manilana. Its characters are as follows : 



Bud, before expansion, 2 J inches in diameter, arising from a 

 cup J in. high, formed by the thickened bark of the root of the 

 Cissus : the bractere originating from the inner side of the upper 

 edge of the cup : no appearance of reticulation under the base : 

 disc of column convex, processes on surface eleven, one of which is 

 in the centre, the rest arranged around it, their summits entire and 

 hispid : lower part of the tube of perianth studded with thick, glandu- 

 lar hairs : anthers 10, with cells and pores, as in other species : no 

 moniliform cord at base of column : sporiferous cavities not appa- 

 rent, flowers examined probably male ; interior of perianth covered 

 with various formed tubercles. 



The President read extracts from a report transmitted by 

 Dr. Harris from the Committee on Entomology, on a col- 

 lection of insects from Cape Palmas in Africa presented by 

 Dr. Savage to the Society. 



In this collection there were 31 species of Coleoptera, 10 of Or- 

 thoptera, 2 of Neuroptera, 6 of Hemiptera, 6 of Hymenoptera, 

 4 of Lepidoptera, and a few miscellaneous specimens. 



Dr. Harris also presented to the Society a box containing 

 some African Butterflies received from Dr. Westerman of 

 Copenhagen. 



Dr. Gould reported upon Mr. Lea's descriptions of 19 

 species of Colimacea from the Philippine Islands. 



Many of them were new shells, unknown till recently. Dr. 

 Gould also reported upon some land shells from Cuba ; and re- 

 marked that the West Indian shells were less known, and more 

 difficult to collect than those of most other countries. 



