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The following motion, whicli liad previously been unani- 

 mously passed at the meeting of the Council, was read to the 

 Society: — "That papers containing descriptions of isolated 

 species widely remote in classification or distribution, are, as 

 a rule, undesirable for publication, as tending to create un- 

 necessary difficulties for faunistic or monographic workers." 

 Mr. M'Lachlan, Mr. Jacoby, Mr. Elwes, Dr. Sharp, and 

 others took part in the discussion which followed. 



Mr. J. W. Slater exhibited a doubtful specimen of Arctia 

 mendica, L., which appeared as if it might prove to be a 

 hybrid between that species and A. lubricipeda, L. 



Mr. M'Lachlan, on behalf of Prof. Klapalek, of Prague, 

 who was present as a visitor, exhibited preparations repre- 

 senting the life-history of Agriotypus armatus, Walk., showing 

 the curious appendages of the case. Prof. Klapalek, in 

 answer to questions, described the transformations in detail. 

 A discussion followed, in which Mr. M'Lachlan and Lord 

 Walsingham took part. 



Mr. H. J. Elwes exhibited a specimen of an undescribed 

 Chnjsophnnus, taken in the Shan States, Upper Burmah, by 

 Dr. Manders, which was very remarkable on account of the 

 low elevation and latitude at which it was found ; its only 

 very near ally appeared to be Polyommatus Li, Oberthilr, from 

 Western Szechuen, but there was no species of the genus 

 known in the Eastern Himalayas or anywhere in the Eastern 

 tropics. 



Mr. G. T. Porritt exhibited a remarkable series of Arctia 

 mendica, L. 



Mr. Pi. W. Lloyd exhibited specimens of Harpalus cupreus, 

 Stepli., and Cathormiocerus socius, Boh., recently taken at 

 Sandown, Isle of Wight. 



Mr. 0. E. Janson exhibited a fine male example of Theodosia 

 howitti, Castlenau, a genus of Cetoniidcr. resembling some of 

 the Dynastidcc in the remarkable armature of the head and 

 thorax. The specimen had recently been received from 

 N.W. Borneo. 



Mr. W. White exhibited specimens of Heterogynis paradoxa, 

 Eamb., and stated that this insect represented an extreme 

 case of degeneration, the mature female being only slightly 



