their departure, but one closed cell was observed to contain a yellow larva, 

 which ultimately proved to be that of a beetle belonging to the Cleridoe, 

 Trichodes alvearius. 



Mr. Hamilton James, of Truro, forwarded a photograph of a specimen of 

 Deiopeia pulchella, taken on the I'^th October last at Portscatter, near 

 Falmouth, stating that it was considered a very rare insect in Cornwall. 



Sir Sidney S. Saunders exhibited a large box of insects of all orders, which 

 had been collected in Corfu by ]Mr. WhitBeld, and were now for sale. 



Sir Sidney Saunders also exhibited several larvte of Meloidse in their first 

 stage, received from M. Jules Lichtenstein, of Montpellier, consisting of — 



1. The primary larval form of Sitaris Colletes [Maijet), found on CoUetes 

 succincta, feeding on ivy-blossoms in September, the former described by M. 

 Valery Mayet in the ' Annales' of the French Entomological Society, 1875. 



2. The same larval stage of IMylahris melanura obtained from the egg, 

 which ]\I. Lichtenstein had not succeeded in rearing to the second stage. 

 Like other larvoe of Melo'idae in their primary form, it is furnished with 

 triple tarsal appendages. A description of this larva will appear in the 

 aforesaid ' Annales.' 



3. The exuviae of the primary larva of Meloe cicatricosus (from the egg), 

 and also the second stage of the same larva, still bearing legs. 



4. The primary larva of JMeloe proscarabseus (?), differing from the 

 foregoing' in the structure of the antennte. Taken on an Andrena. 



5. The corresponding larval stage of Meloe autumnalis (?), also differing 

 as aforesaid. Taken on Scolia hirta. 



Also specimens of the Phylloxera of the vine in various stages, con- 

 sisting of— «. The root-type ; b. The leaf-gall type ; c. The winged stage ; 

 d. The male of the apterous sexual race. 



Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse made some remarks on the ' Catalogus Cole- 

 opterorum ' of Gemminger and v. Harold, the concluding volume of which 

 was now published. The total number of generic names given is 11,018, 

 of which 7304 are adopted genera, and 4254 appear as synonyms. The 

 total number of species recorded is 77,008. Dejean's first Catalogue, 

 published in 1821, gave 6092 species, while that of 1837 (the third edition) 

 gave 22,399 species, of which, however, only a portion were then described. 

 Taking into consideration the number of species described during the 

 publication of the Munich Catalogue, the number of described species at 

 the present date could not be less than 80,000. Thus, since 1821, the 

 known species of Coleoptera had increased twelvefold. 



Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse read " Descriptions of Twenty New Species of 

 Coleoptera from various Localities." 



