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Sir John Lubbock stated that he had occasionally bred ants with only 

 one antenna, and on one occasion had possessed a specimen with no antennre 

 at all, this individual being completely helpless when out of the nest. 



The President also exhibited specimens of a new Australian ant which 

 he had received from Mr. Waller, and which agreed with the remarkable 

 genus Myrmecocijstus of Wesmael in having an immensely distended abdo- 

 men, so that the insect actually serves as an animated honey-pot. The 

 present species, however, belongs to a different genus, and is allied to 

 Camponotus. 



Paper read. 



The Rev. H. S. Gorham communicated the concluding portion of his 

 "Materials for a Revision of the Lanqnjridce." 



July 7, 1880. 



J. W. Dunning, M.A., F.L.S., Vice-President, in the chair. 



The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. 

 Donations to the Library were announced, and thanks voted to the 

 respective donors. 



Exhibitions, d'C. 



Mr. Jenner Weir exhibited, on behalf of Mr. J. W. Douglas, a worn 

 female specimen of Noctua C-nigrum, which had been taken on June 27th. 



Mr. M'Lachlan exhibited a piece of sugar-cane from Queensland much 

 damaged by some Lepidopterous larva, of which specimens were also 

 exhibited. Without having the moth, it would be impossible to decide 

 with any certainty as to the species; but, judging from the larva, he was 

 inclined to believe that it was a species of Pyralis. On consulting with 

 Miss Ormerod, he had come to the conclusion that the species was not the 

 same as the "cane-borer" from British Guiana. 



Mr. W. Ij. Distant said that he was acquainted with the "cane-borer" 

 from Madras, and that it was not the same species as that described by 

 Guilding. 



Mr. W. F. Kirby called attention to the description and figure of Pyralis 

 saccharalis, Fabr., published in ' Skifter af Naturhistorie Selskabet,' vol. iii. 

 part 2 (1794), pp. 63-65, pi. vii. fig. 1, where the insect is represented in 

 all stages. He also referred to the long account of the insect given by 

 Guenee in Maillard's ' Notes sur ITle de Reunion,' Lep., pp. 68-71. Guenee 

 considers the insect to be allied to Scha;nohius, and calls it Borer (!) sac- 

 cJiarellus. Fortunately the generic name will not stand, as Guilding's name 

 of Dialrcea has the priority. 



