xxvi PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



The President exhibited a species of Agarista, named by Mr. 

 Koch, of Frankfort, A. MacLemji, with diaphanous spaces on 

 the under wings, which makes a noise when flying, similar to 

 that made by Hecatesia fenestrata. He stated that the connec- 

 tion of Agarista by Hecatesia to the Sphhigidce was clearly 

 traceable by this species. 



Mr. Masters exhibited some choice Lepidoptera and Coleop- 

 tera collected near Sydney. Among the former were some fine 

 specimens of Agarista Gasuarince (Scott) ; and among the latter, 

 the most rare and remarkable insect was a species of Hispa. 



Dr. Houston exhibited a species of Bostrichus, which had 

 burrowed deeply into an apple-tree at Burwood. 



Dr. Cox exhibited a box of insects which he had received 

 from Dabee, near Mudgee, and a beautifal new species of Vi- 

 plmcephala, which he had found on a common wattle-tree at 

 Bargo river, during the previous Saturday's excursion. 



Mr. Krefft exhibited some rice, much injured by the attack 

 of Trogosita mawitanlca., an insect which may truly be called 

 omnivorous, as neither animal nor vegetable substances of any 

 kind seem safe from its destructive attacks. 



Mr. Stephens exhibited some insects collected on the previous 

 Saturday at Bargo river ; a specimen of Stigmodera Pertii, found 

 on the flowers of a species of Gonospermum, was the most in- 

 teresting capture of the day. 



7th DECEMBER, 1863. 

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



Mr. Louis Stypman was elected a Member of the Society. 



The first six parts of Vol. 1 of ord Series of the Transactions 

 of the Entomological Society of London wei'e received as a dona- 

 tion from the Society. 



The President read a Paper by the Honorable A. W. Scott, 

 Esq., on a new Ornithoptera. A lithograph of the insect by 

 Miss Helena Scott was on the table, and was much admired. 



