192 (January 



Mr. Bond exhibited two female examples of Sterrha sacraria taken by 

 Mr. Rogers, of Freshwater, I. W., and eight specimens bred from eggs laid by 

 them ; these were all of a smoky drab colour, and exhibited no trace of scarlet 

 markings. Their duration in the pupa state corresponded nearly precisely with 

 that noticed in specimens bred in 1865 by the Rev. J. Hellins. 



Mr. Higgins exhibited part of a collection received from Borneo, containing, 

 amongst others, an example of Ornithoptera BrooJciana, the rare Prothoe Calydonia, 

 &C.J &c. 



Mr. Stainton exhibited an example of Ehulea catalaunalis, taken by Mr, W. C. 

 Boyd at Cheshunt, and new to Britain. 



Mr. Trimen exhibited a grasshopper of the genus Pcecilocera, from Natal, in 

 which forms apparently pupsB were frequently found in copulA. 



Mr. McLachlan remarked that the singular Boreus hiemalis had been recently 

 found by Messrs. Douglas and Scott amongst moss in the neighbourhood of 

 Croydon, 



Prof. Westwood gave some details as to the method of obtaining the " gut " 

 used by anglers from the larva of a species of Saturnia in Cliina. This "gut" was 

 in reality the silk-reservoir of the larva, and lines from 20 to 30 feet in length were 

 sometimes obtained from a single example. 



Mr. Stainton remarked that he had just seen the case of a Tinea larva of large 

 size, which fed in the substance of the horns of a South African antelope. 

 Mr. Trimen said he had seen a similar larva which fed in the dried skull and also 

 in the bony bases of the horns. 



2nd December, 1867 ; Sir John Lubbock, Bart., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



A. H, Haliday, Esq., of Carnmoney, Co. Antrim ; Herbert Druce, Esq., of 

 Enfield ; Joseph Ince, Esq., M.R.C.S., of St. George's Place, Hyde Park ; and 

 W. C. Boyd, Esq., of Cheshunt, were elected Members. 



Mr. Pascoe exhibited a new species of Thysia from Sumatra (T. viduata, Pasc.)> 

 also other interesting Coleoptera from Penang, Ceylon, Sumatra, &c. 



Prof. Westwood exhibited a specimen of SerropaVpus striatus, unique as British, 

 captured some years ago at Sherwood Forest by Mr. Plant. He also exhibited a 

 small spherical nest made of mud, found near Reigate on the occasion of the 

 Society's excursion last year ; it had proved to be the nest of Eumenes atricornis. 

 Mr. Smith remarked that atricornis was a synonym for coarctata, Linne ; and he 

 exhibited a portion of a post with the nests of one of the leaf-cutting bees, Megachile 

 Willughhiella ; there being no less than ten separate galleries in the one small piece 

 of wood. He also remarked on the diversity of materials sometimes used by 

 M. centuncularis and argentata in constructing their nests ; one portion of the cell 

 would be formed from green leaves, and the other from portions of the petals of 

 Pelargoniums, &c. 



Mr. Pascoe read " Contributions to a knowledge of Coleoptera," part I. 



Mr. Trimen read a paper on " Some undescribed species of South African 

 Butterflies," including a new genus of Lyccenidce, remarkable for its pale and 

 uniform yellowish- white coloration, which he termed Delonemu ; new species of 

 Acrcea, Panopcea, Zeritis, Lyc(jena, Aphnoeus, &c., &c., — 18 in all. 



