viii MEMOIRS (^continued). 



PAOE 

 XXII. Note on the colours of British Caterpillars. By Sir John 



Lubbock. Bart., M.P., F.R.S., &c 239 



XXIII. Entomological Notes. By Prof. James Wood-Mason . , 259 



XXIV. On the genus Acentropits. By J. W. Dunntng, M.A., 



F.L.S., &c ..271 



XXV. Descriptions of new genera and species of South American 

 Euiiudiiidce. chieflv from the Amazon region. By 

 Joseph S. Bal^, F.L.S 281 



XXVI. Descriptions of several new species of Myriopflda of the 

 genera Sphcerotlierhnn and Zephronia. By Arthur 



G. Butler, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c ..299 



XXVII. Notice of a small collection of Coleoptera from Jamaica, 

 with descriptions of new species from the West Indies. 



By Chas. O. Waterhouse . . 303 



XXVIII. On the habits and affinities of Apocrypta and Sycophaga, 

 of the Hymenopterous family Agtionido', with descrip- 

 tion of a new species of Apocrypta from the figs of 

 Ficns Sycomori of Egypt. By Sir Sidney Smith 

 Saunders, C.M.G. " 313 



XXIX. Descriptions of new species of He mipt era- Hum opt era. 



By W. L. Distant 321 



XXX. Descriptions of new TelepliorUla from Central and South 



America. By Chas. O. Waterhouse . . . . 325 



XXXI. The ]n-eyention of Insect injury by the use of Phenol pre- 

 parations. By Eleanor A. Ormerod , . . . 333 



Proceedings for 1878 .. .. .. .. .. .. i 



Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ixxvii 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



Plate I Seepage 36 j Plate IV Seepage 119 



Plate II „ 37 I Plate V „ 125 



Plate III „ 84 Plate VI „ 172 



ERRATA. 



Page 30, line 18 (from top), for "■Cyclid'tnus relutinus," read "Cyclidius 



veliitinits." 

 „ • 108, line 18 (from bottom), for "Genus 19. alternans, sp. n.," read 



" Genus 18. alternans, sp. n." 

 „ 148, line 6 (from bottom) and page 150, line 14 (from bottom), for 



" Yahrb." read " Jahr." 

 ,, 222, line 22 (from top), for '^Vlctorina Frayja," read "Yictorina 



Trayja." 

 „ 222, lines ] and 4 (from bottom), and page 223, lines 7, 12 and 14 



(from top), for "JEJ. Aciphcra,'" read "£. Aliphera." 

 „ 223, line 8 (from bottom), for "Gynccfia," read '^Gynceciu." 

 „ 307, line 1 (from top), after "Copidita lateralis," add "sp. n." 



IN THE JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS. 

 Page ii, line 2 (from top), for " Santa Caterina," read " Santa Catharina." 

 „ Y, line 6 (from bottom), for "Chcerocampa elpenor" read "Cluvro- 



campa porcellus." 

 „ XXV, line 8 (from top), for '■'Sonizonetira,'''' read "Schizonrura." 

 „ XXV, line 10 (from bottom), for "simple egg," read "single egg." 

 „ xxvi, line 9 (from top), for "]'acctaia dryophile," read " Vaccuna 



dryoplilla." 

 „ xlviii, line 13 (from bottom), for " affected," read " effected." 

 ,, liii, line 13 (from top), for Waterton's "Essays on Natural History," 



read " Wanderings in South America." 



