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Brazil, and he referred to other records of the capture of 

 insects at sea in Darwin's 'Voyage of the Beagle,' and Dr. 

 Coppinger's ' Cruise of the Alert.' The discussion was con- 

 tinued by Dr. Sharp, Lord Walsingham, Mr. White, Mr. 

 Kirby, and others. 



Mr. Blandford read a letter from Mr. Wroughton, of Poona, 

 Deputy Conservator of Forests, asking for assistance in 

 working out certain Indian Hymenoptera and Diptera in the 

 collections of the Bombay Natural History Society. Lord 

 Walsingham, Colonel Swinhoe, and Mr. Moore made some 

 remarks on the subject. 



Paper read. 



Mr. E. Meyrick read a paper entitled " On some Lepidoptera 

 from New Guinea," and exhibited the species described in the 

 paper. He stated that the specimens were derived from two 

 sources, viz. (1), a portion of the collection received by the 

 Society from Baron Ferdinand von Miiller, F.E.S., and col- 

 lected by Mr. Sayer when accompanying the Australian 

 Geographical Society's Exploring Expedition ; and (2), a 

 number of specimens collected by Mr. Kowald near Port 

 Moresby, and obtained from him by Lord Walsingham. 



September 4, 1889. 



Henry J. Elwes, Esq., F.L.S., F.Z.S., Vice-President, in 

 the chair. 



Donations to the Library were announced, and thanks voted 

 to the respective donors. 



Election of Fellows. 

 Prof. C. H. Fernald, of Amherst, Mass., U.S.A., and Mr. 

 C. J. Fryer, of Emscote Eoad, Warwick, were elected Fellows. 



Exhibitions, dc. 



Mr. George T. Baker exhibited two remarkably dark speci- 

 mens of Acronycta Ufjustri taken near Llangollen. 



Mr. P. B. Mason exhibited and remarked on a collection of 

 Lepidoptera which he had recently made in Iceland. The 



