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September 5, 1888. 
Dr. Davin Suarp, F.L.S., F.Z.8S., President, in the chair. 
Donations to the Library were announced, and thanks 
voted to the respective donors. 
Election of a Fellow. 
Mr. M. Stanger Higgs, of the Mill House, Upton St. 
Leonard's, Gloucestershire, was elected a Fellow of the 
Society. 
Exhibitions, dc. 
Dr. Sharp mentioned that he had received, through Prof. 
Newton, F.R.S., a collection of Coleoptera from St. Kilda, 
consisting of Carabus catenulatus (1), Nebria brevicollis (12), 
N. gyllenhalii (8), Calathus cisteloides (20), Pristonychus terri- 
colla(1), Pterostichus nigrita (71), P. niger (31), Amara aulica (4), 
Ocypus olens (1). The species being nearly all large Geode- 
phaga, he thought it probable that many other Coleoptera 
inhabited the island. He remarked that these specimens 
showed no signs of depauperation, but were scarcely dis- 
tinguishable from ordinary English specimens. 
Mr. South exhibited a melanic Aplecta nebulosa from 
Rotherham, bred with five others of ordinary form, and an 
albino of the same species from Devonshire; a very curious 
dark variety of Plusia gamma; two dark vars. of Eubolia 
limitata from Durham; and Dicrorhampha consortana from 
North Devon. 
Mr. Champion exhibited Harpalus cupreus, Leptusa testacea, 
and Cathiomocerus socius from Sandown, Isle of Wight. 
Mr. Elisha exhibited the following Tortrices :—Argyrolepia 
aneana, A. zephyrana, Eupecilia atricapitana, H. amandana, 
Retinia turionana, Catoptria juliana, Phoxopteryx derasana, 
Ephippiphora trigeminana, and Carpocapsa pomonella, the last- 
named bred from berries of the white beam-tree; also the 
following Tine :—Nematois fasciellus, Cerostoma horridella, C, 
alpella, Gfcophora unitella, Coleophora therinella, and Gelechia 
semidecandrella, the last-named bred from Cerastium tetrandrum. 
Mr. Jacoby exhibited three boxes of Coleoptera, containing 
some rare C’ctoniada, Paussidea, &e., collected by Mr. Friih- 
stroffer. 
