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May 28, 1833. 



Lieut.-Col. Sykes in the Chair. 



At the reąuest of the Chairman, Mr. Gould adverted to a specl- 

 men ofa Hornbill, now living at the Society's Gardens. He re- 

 garded it as a veiy young individual of the concave Hornbill of Dr, 

 Latham, Biiceros cavatus, and exhibited, in illustration of the adult 

 characters of the bird, specimens of it from the Society's Museum. 



A Paper was read " On the Characters of several New Genera 

 and Species of Coleopterous Insects, by the Rev. F. W. Hope." lt 

 was accompanied by dravvings of the objects represented, exhibit- 

 ing the generic characters in detail. Those subjoined refer oniy to 

 the more prominent distinguishing marks. 



The insects described were the follovving : 



Aploa, n. g. Carabidarum Truncati-pennium, Lebiae affine. 



AntenricE filiformes. Valpi maxiUares articulo extimo simplici. 

 Mentum in medio edentulum. Thorax anticė capite latior, mar- 

 gine postico recto. Pedes et imgues simpHces. 



Aploa picta. Jp.Jlavn ; elytrorum maculis tribus Jascidgue un- 

 dulatd posticd nigris ; antennis apicem versus obscurioribus ; pe- 

 dibus fiaveolis. 



Long. 5 lin.; lat. 2į. 



Hab. in India OrientaH circa Poona. 



Calosoma Orientale. Cal. supra obscure viridi-cetieum ; ely- 

 tris crenato-striatis, interstitiis (eęualibus, transversim rugosis, 

 punctis impressis viridi-ceneis triplici serie dispositis. 



Long. IOį lin.; lat. 44. 



Hab. in India Orientali circa Poona. 



Chl^nius Sykesii. Chl. ater ; capite tricolori; elytrorum macu- 

 lis sex aurantiis. 

 Long. 9 h'n.; lat. 4-. 

 Hab. in India Orientali circa Poona. 



Oiceoptoma tetraspilotum. Oic. atro-violaceum ; thorace 



miniato, quadri.punctato ; pedibus nigro-cyatieis. 

 Long. 9 lin.; lat. 4į^. 

 Hab. in India Orientali circa Poona. 



Languria Nepalensis, Laiig. cyanea ; antennis piccis ; elylris 



slriato-picnctatis. 

 Long. 3 lin.; lat. 1. 

 Hab. in Nepal. 



