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species of Coleopterous Insect allied to Gnosius, which he named 

 Anapestus Kreusleri. 



On the same day the adjoui'ned Annual General Meeting was 

 held. The President in the Chair. 



The Treasurer laid before the Meeting an Abstract of the 

 Accounts of the Society. 



The President then read an Address, which was ordered to 

 be printed with the Proceedings of the Society. 



The following gentlemen were elected the Council for the 

 year. — The Hon. A. W. Scott, Messrs. Krefft, Cox, Houston, 

 Stephens, and MacLeay. Oat of these, the Hon. A. W". Scott 

 was elected President, Mr. Krefft Secretary, and Dr. Cox 

 Treasurer. 



A cordial vote of thanks was then given to the retiring 

 President. 



7th may, 1866. 

 Hugh Houston, Esq., in the Chair, 

 Dr. Cox exhibited a collection of insects from the Kingsmill 

 Islands, and a number of Coleoptera from the West Coast of 

 Australia ; he also called attention to the material on which 

 these last insects were pinned, a kind of bark, which seemed 

 quite equal to cork. Mr. Stephens stated that the common 

 nettle tree of the colony (Urtica giyan) yielded as good a 

 substitute for cork. 



4th JUNE, 1866. , 



Djr. Cox in the Chair. 

 Mr. Kreflffc exhibited two boxes of Coleoptera, collected by 

 Mr. Masters during the last six months, the one at Spencer's 

 Gulf, South Australia, the other at King George's Sound. 

 Among the most remarkable insects in the collection made at 

 Spencer's Gulf, were some very convex Helcsidce, a new Gcrapte- 

 rus, and a number of FselaphidcB. The families most numerously 

 represented were the Curcultonidce, about 100 species, and the 

 Carabidce, about 74 species. The box from King George's Sound 



