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them an appearance of being covered with gummy cottony flakes. 

 He also exhibited some of the perfect insects. 



A Monograph by F. Walker, Esq., on the Ghalcididce, was 

 received by the Society as a donation from the author. 



Dr. Cox stated that Mr. Mader, of George-street, had given 

 him to understand that he had a quantity of good cork on hand : 

 a sample was exhibited. 



Mr. Krefft produced some pieces of a species of Boletus, which 

 he had found quite equal to cork for entomological purposes. 



.5th OCTOBER, 1863. 

 William MacLeat, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



The Count de Castelnau, Consul-Greneral of Prance in 

 Melbourne, Mr. Waterhouse, of South Australia, and Mr. Wilson, 

 of South Australia, were elected Members of the Society. 



The President read a Paper, descriptive of fifty new species 

 of Coleopterous insects, from Port Denison. 



Mr. Masters exhibited a very fine collection of Lepidoptera 

 made in the neighbourhood of Sydney, during this season ; they 

 were chiefly Micro-Lepidoptera, and were much admired for the 

 purity of the specimens, and the neatness of the mounting. 



He also exhibited a few Coleopterous insects, some of them 

 new, such as a species of JJliiia, a new genus of the Cistelidce, and 

 an undescribed Lpperina. 



An Entomological excursion to Picton was arranged for 

 Saturday, the 31st instant. 



2nd NOVEMBER, 1863. 



William MacLeay, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



A communication was read by the Secretary from the Rev. 

 R. L. King, as an addition to his former Paper on the Psela- 

 plddrn of Australia. 



