ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF N. S. WALES. H 



6th FEBRUARY, 1865. 

 William MacLeat, Esq., in the Chair. 



Mr. Masters exhibited a new species of Cicindela, resembh'tig 

 G. upsilon, from Clarence River ; also a new Stigmodera from the 

 same locality. 



Mr. Masters also exhibited a large collection of over 1000 

 insects of all orders from Kiama. 



Mr. Stephens exhibited a few insects, chiefly Longicorns, 

 which he had himself collected at Burrascorana:. 



Mr. Masters informed the Meeting that fifteen specimens of 

 that hitherto rare insect Gampijlocneviis Schrceteri, had lately 

 been taken by a friend of his out of a decaying Ii'onbark tree. 



6th march, 1865. 

 The Hon. A. W. Scott in the Chair. 

 Mr. MacLeay read a third Paper on the Scaritidoe of 

 New Holland, and at the same time exhibited 84 species of the 

 familjr, the entire number of Australian species described up to 

 that time being 102. Of 60 species of Garenum there 

 were 55 exhibited. Of Eurysca/pTms, 6 — all hitherto described. 

 Of the 12 species of Scaraphites, 9 were exhibited. Of the genus 

 Scarites, all the species — 8 in number— were exhibited. 6 out 

 of the 10 species of Gnatlioxys were exhibited, as were also the 

 two species of Gercdoglossa, and 1 of Dijscliirius. The 6 described 

 species of CUvina were unrepresented. The thanks of the 

 Meeting were given to Mr. MacLeay for his excellent Paper ; and 

 for the almost perfect collection of the Australian Scaritidoe, 

 which he had, at some trouble, brought together for exhibition. 



3rd APRIL, 1865. 

 William MacLeay, Esq., in the Chair, 

 Mr. Krefft exhibited a box of rare and new Lepidoptera 

 from Cape York, pi-esented to the Museum by Mr. Moore, 

 of H.M.S. " Salamander." The collection, which Mr. Krefft 

 stated he intended to ask the Hon. A. W. Scott to examine and 

 describe, though not lai'ge, contained several Painlionidoi, one 



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