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produced by elongation and coalescence of the elytral spots— 
of the protean Aphodius inquinatus, and that the true Aphodius 
melanostictus has yet to be found in Britain. 
Dr, P. B. Mason, Mr. Champion, Dr. Sharp, and Dr. Ellis 
took part in the discussion which ensued. 
Mr. E. Meyrick communicated a paper ‘‘On the Pyralidina 
of the Hawaiian Islands,” the materials for which paper con- 
sisted principally of the collection of Lepidoptera Heterocera 
formed by the Rev. T. Blackburn during six years’ residence 
in the Hawaiian Islands. Mr. Meyrick pointed out that the 
exceptional position of these islands renders an accurate 
knowledge of their fauna a subject of great interest. He 
stated that of the fifty-six known species of Hawaiian Pyralidina 
nine had probably been introduced through the agency of man 
in recent times; but he believed the remaining forty-seven to 
be wholly endemic: of these latter the author referred twenty- 
six species to the Botydide, twelve to the Scopariade, four to 
the Pterophoride, three to the Crambide, and two to the 
Phycitide. 
Dr. Sharp, Mr. McLachlan, Dr. Mason, and Mr. E. B. 
Poulton took part in the discussion which ensued. 
June 6, 1888. 
Dr. Davin Suarp, F.L.S., F.Z.S., President, in the chair. 
Donations to the Library were announced, and thanks voted 
to the respective donors. 
Election of a Fellow. 
Mr. George Meyer D’Arcis, of 82, Central Hill, Upper Nor- 
wood, was elected a Fellow. 
Exhibitions, dc. 
Mr. Pascoe brought for exhibition a book of fine plates of 
Mantide, dvawn by Prof. Westwood, which it had been hoped 
would have been published by the Ray Society. 
Mr. E. Saunders exhibited a species of Hemiptera, Monanthia 
