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Is. were also discussed. Regarded as a whole , the Land-Mollusca of the 

 Philippines were stated to contain : — 1) Indo-Malay, 2) Polynesian, 3) in- 

 digenous elements, the first decidedly predominating. — A communication 

 was read from Graf Hans von Berlepsch, C.M.Z.S., and M. Jean Stolz- 

 mann, containing an account of a collection of birds made by M. Jean 

 Kalinowski in the vicinity of Lima and lea, in Western Peru. The species 

 of which examples were obtained in the localities were eighty in number. 

 In an Appendix an account of previous authorities on the same subject was 

 added. — Mr. G. A. Boulenger, F.Z.S., gave an account of Lucioperca 

 marina, a rare species of fish , originally described by Pallas from the Black 

 Sea and the Caspian, and little known of late years. — A communication 

 from Mr. Oldfield Thomas, F.Z.S., contained a revision of the Antelopes 

 of the genus Cephalolophns , of which eighteen species were recognized as 

 valid. A new species was described as Cephalolophns jentincki, from Liberia. 

 — Prof. Bell called attention to the remarkable amount of variation pre- 

 sented by Pontaster tenuispinis , numerous examples of which he had been 

 able to examine and compare. He came to the conclusion that several North- 

 Atlantic species , which had been described as distinct , should be regarded 

 as belonging to it. — A communication was read from Mr. H. H. Druce 

 giving an account of the Butterflies of the family Lycaenidae , of the South 

 Pacific Islands. Of thirty-one species mentioned, seven were described as 

 new to science. — P. L. S dater. Secretary. 



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March 30th, 1892. — 1) Studies in Australian Entomology. No. V. — 

 Notes on the Sub- family Broscini (fam. Carabidae), with Descriptions of new 

 Species. By T. G. Sloane. The following genera are treated of: — Pro- 

 mecoderus (two new species), Eurylychnus (one new species), Percolestus (new 

 genus, founded on P. Blackbumi , n. sp., from the Australian Alps, Vic- 

 toria), Lychnus and Percosoma (one new species from the Victorian Moun- 

 tains] . A brief epitome is also given of some of the most conspicuous facts 

 connected with the distribution of the sub-family Broscini in Australia and 

 Tasmania. — 2) Notes on Australian Coleoptera, with Descriptions of new 

 Species. Part XL By Rev. T. Blackburn, B.A., Corr. Mem. — 3) Ob- 

 servations on the Charopidae. Parti. By C. H e die y , F.L.S. This paper 

 reviews the opinions of Albers, Pfeifi'er, Pease, Tryon, and other concholo- 

 gists concerning the land shells allied to Helix coma, Gray. A fresh classi- 

 fication of the group is proposed, and four species are figured and described. 

 It is intended to deal with other Australian members of the family in subse- 

 quent communications. — 4) Notes on Australian Cynipidae^ with. Descriptions 

 of new Species. By W. W. Froggatt. Three species of Cynips^ which give 

 rise to galls on two of the common Sydney Acacias — A. longi folia and A. 

 discolor^ — are described; and some general notes on the subject are fur- 

 nished. — Mr. H e d 1 e y exhibited specimens of Charopa albaìiensis, Cox 

 (= eastbournensis . Beddome and Petterd, MSS.), C. antialba, Beddome, C. 

 gadensis , Beddome, and C. hischoffensis , Beddome, in illustration of his 

 paper. 



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