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taken in decay ui^;' seed-potatoes ; a series of Adelops WolUisloul 

 (Jauson), and Anominatus 12-striati(s, also from decaying seed 

 potatoes; and a series of Barypeithes pellucidus (Boh.), from the 

 sea-shore near Margate. Mr. Wood also exhibited, on behalf of 

 Dr. Ellis, of Liverpool, a specimen of Apioio annulipes (Wenck). 



Professor Westwood exhibited live specimens of a species of 

 Culex, supposed to be either Q. cantans or C lateralis, sent to 

 him by Mr. Douglas, who had received them from the Kent 

 Waterworks. It was stated that they had been very numerous 

 in July last, and that persons bitten by them had suffered from 

 " terrible svvellings." Professor Westwood also exhibited some 

 galls found inside an acorn at Cannes, in January last. 



Mr, Billups exhibited a male and female of Cleptes nitidula 

 (Latr.), taken in copula in July last, at Benfleet, Essex, on the 

 flowers of Heracleum sphondyliuin. He stated that it was 

 probably the rarest of the twenty-two known species of British 

 ChrysididcB, though it had been recorded from the New Forest 

 and from Suffolk ; and that the late Mr. Frederick Smith was 

 unacquainted with the male. Professor Westwood, the Rev. 

 W. W. Fowler, Mr. Fitch and Mr. Champion, made some 

 remarks on the species. 



The Rev. W. W. Fowler announced that a series of specimens 

 of Homalium rugulipenne (Rye) had been received from Dr. Ellis, 

 of Liverpool, for distribution amongst members of the Society. 



Mr. William White exhibited a group of three specimens of 

 the common British stag-beetle, Lacanus cerviis, consisting 

 of two males and one female, arranged in a fighting attitude 

 precisely as observed by him. He stated that having found 

 several indivitluals of both sexes iu a held near Guildford, he 

 took them into a room for the purpose of observing ihem, and 

 placed a female on the floor, with two males at equal distances 

 from her. One of the males (which is hereafter referred to as 

 No. 1), soon began to wave his anteimae up and down, advanced 

 straight towards the female and copulated at once. Presently 

 male No. 2 waved his antennae and began to move slowly, not 

 towards the pair, but in a parallel direction, as if he were taking 

 no notice of them, until he hud advanced a few steps beyond 

 them, when he faced round towards them and paused at about 

 six inches from them. Then suddenly, without any warning, he 

 rushed at male No. 1, seized hiiii by the thorax with his mandibles, 



