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from Mr. Darnel's collection. The latter statement was no doubt 

 correct, as jMr. Darnel was, without doubt, the first discoverer of 

 that fine species of Charaxes, but its habitat is the Fiji Islands, 

 and not Port Denison. 



The President exhibited specimens of an insect from Kiama; 

 allied to Lijmexylon and Hylecoetus. He stated that Erichson 

 had described a L/jinexylon, from Van Dienmn's Land, in the 

 Archiv fur Naturg.,. 1842, and that he had observed a species 

 of Hylecoetus in the Cabinet of W. S. MacLeay, Esq., of Eliza- 

 beth Bay, marked " IST.W. Coast New Holland," but that the 

 species he now exhibited differed considerably from both of 

 these. 



The President also exhibited a very curious insect, evidently 

 allied to Cupes, found in the neighbourhood of Sydney. 



Mr. Masters exhibited a fine collection of insects of different 

 Orders, including among the rarer species of Lepidoptera, a male 

 Gliaragia Leivmil. a large Zeuzera, and a i-are Anthercea. The 

 Coleopterous insects comprised some very fine Longicorns, a 

 Campijlocnemis Schroeteri, from Eastern Creek, found in a decaying 

 tree, a Stigmodera BaheiveUii from the Murray, a splendid 

 ProjjJianes from Shoalhaven, and two specimens of a Catascopus 

 from the neighbourhood of Sydney. 



7th march, 1864. 



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



The President read a Second Paper on the Scaritidce of 

 Australia ; specimens of the greater number of the new species 

 described were exhibited. 



Mr. Masters exhibited, as usual, a very fine collection of 

 insects, chiefly Coleoptera, containing a number of new and 

 rare species. 



Mr. Stypman exhibited two boxes of European Coleoptera, all 

 named, which he stated he was willing to exchange with the 

 Members for Australian specimens. 



The Rev. R. L. King exhibited twenty species of Buprestklce, 

 (all excepting two belonging to the genus Stigmodera) which he 



