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analogy in the neuration between this wing and those of Pwocera 

 olivacea (Blanchardj, which belongs to the Homoptera. 



Mr, Baly communicated a paper entitled " Descriptions of New 

 Genera and Species of Galerucida;" 



The Rev. W. W. Fowler read a paper " On a Small Collection 

 of LaiiguriidtB from Assam, with descriptions of two new species." 



Mr. J. Edwards communicated the first part of a Synopsis of 

 the British Homoptera — Cicadina. 



March 3, 1886. 



Robert M'Lachlan, Esq., F.R.S., President, in the chair. 



Donations to the Library were announced, and thanks voted to 

 the respective donors. 



Election of Fellows. 

 Mr. John M. C. Johnston was elected a Fellow, and Cavaliere 

 Piero Bargagli, of Florence, formerly Secretary to the Entomo- 

 logical Society of Italy, was elected a Foreign Fellow. 



Exhihitions, dc. 



Mr. Pascoe exhibited a remarkable form of larva with two horn- 

 like processes from Para ; also a pupa-case of Anosla plexippus 

 (Danais archipjnis) from the same locality. 



Mr. W. J. Williams exhibited, on behalf of Mr. C. Bartlett, a 

 gigantic hairy and spiny larva, perhaps allied to Gastropacha, 

 which was believed to have been brought from Madagascar. 



Mr. Waterhouse exhibited Faitela rufipennis (Waterh.), Dorij- 

 phora Haroldi, and several other species of Coleoptera from 

 Colombia belonging to the genera Prepodes, Cholus, Anticliira, 

 Halecia, Trachyderes, Passcdus, Chalcolepidius, &c., which were 

 believed to be undescribed. 



Mr. Billups exhibited a specimen of Cholus Forbesli, — a South 

 American beetle belonging to tlie Curculionidce, — found alive 

 in a Horticultural Sale Room in London. 



Mr. Eland Shaw referred to the exhibition at the February 

 meeting of specimens of Tetlix austraiis, sent by Mr. UUitf from 



