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in its distribution to the neighbourhood of Bangalore in Mysore and Ceylon ; 

 one specimen, however, is in the National Collection from the Dharwar 

 district South Mahratta country, obtained many years ago by Sir Walter 

 Elliot himself. G. trachelophyllus, on the other hand, was only known to 

 Mr. Wood-Mason from Midnapur, from the base of the Karakpur Hills 

 near Monghyr. In 1871 he had received a specimen from Pegu, which 

 was obtained by the late Mr. S. Kurz during a botanical tour in that 

 province. This specimen differed but slightly from the typical form, the 

 colour of the prothoracic shield being a bright blue-violet, and its resem- 

 blance to a flower deceived for the moment the practised eyes of Mr. Kurz. 

 Mr. Wood-Mason hoped before long to be able to give coloured figures of 

 these anthomimetic MantidcB. 



Mr. W. L. Distant stated that Waterton recorded in his ' Essays on 

 Natural History,' the resemblance of the rattle of the rattlesnake to an 

 orthopterous insect, and suggested that this, by deceiving and attracting 

 birds, might be of service to the reptile in the same manner that the floral 

 resemblance of Gowjijlus serves to secure for these insects a supply of food. 



Mrs. Randolph Clay (who was present as a visitor) exhibited a living 

 specimen of Zopherus Bremei, from Yucatan, Mexico, which had been 

 worn by her for many months as an ornament, during which time the 

 insect was stated to have taken no food. (See also ' The Queen,' 24th 

 August, 1878.) 



Sir Sidney Saunders exhibited specimens of Blastophaga Psenes, Linn., 

 male and female, employed in the process of caprification, received from 

 M. Jules Lichtenstein, of Montpellier. Also specimens of Sycophaga 

 crassipes, Westw., from the Sycamore figs of Egypt, together with certain 

 apterous aesociates corresponding with Apocnjp>ta of Coquerel (but speci- 

 fically distinct) recently found in the same figs. 



The Secretary read a Report from Her Majesty's Consul at Taganrog, 

 which had been sent to the Foreign Office and transmitted to the Society 

 through the Board of Trade. The Report related to the destruction of 

 the corn crops by Anisoplia austriaca in the neighbourhood of Myriapol, 

 and in various districts in Berdiansk, KharofF, Poltava, Ekaterinoslaff", 

 Kherson and Bessarabia. Cleonus punctiventris and Anisoplia crucifera 

 were also reported to be spreading in the provinces of Kiero and Podolia. 

 The total damage done by these destructive Coleoptera is estimated at 

 two million roubles. A Sub-Committee was appointed to draw up some 

 observations on these beetles for the use of Her Majesty's Consul. 



Pajiers read. 

 Miss E. A. Ormerod communicated a paper " On the Prevention of 

 Insect-injury by the use of Phenol Preparations," and exhibited drawings 

 and specimens showing the destruction of carrot crops by Fsila rosce. 



