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soaked with kerosene oil. The destructive character of the 

 Anobium is well known, and Mr. Spence contributed some 

 notes on the injury caused by it in the ' Proceedings ' of this 

 Society for May, 1H36, p. xi. There is little doubt that the 

 Corijnetcs is parasitic upon the Anobium, but this requires 

 confirmation. Dr. Sharp, Mr. M'Lachlan, Dr. Mason, and 

 the Chairman made some remarks on the subject. 



Pnpcr read. 

 Mr. H. W. Bates communicated a paper entitled " On new 

 Species of Cicindcli(l<£." 



June 4, 1890. 



The Right. Hon. Lord Walsinguam, M.A., F.E.S., Presi- 

 dent, in the chair. 



Donations to the Library were announced, and thanks voted 

 to the respective Donors. 



Election of Felloxcs. 

 Mr. George William Carter, M.A., F.L.S., of Lime Grove, 

 Knottingley, Yorkshire ; and Mr. R. Newstead, of The 

 Museum, Chester, were elected Fellows. 



Exhibition!^, dr. 

 The Rev. Canon Fowler exhibited, on behalf of Mr. J. 

 Edwards, of Norwich, two specimens of Ilybius sub(cneus, Er., 

 and a single specimen of Bidessus tmistriatus, Schr. Mr. 

 Champion alluded to the fact that the only recorded British 

 specimen of the first-mentioned beetle had been taken many 

 years ago at Peckham. The species is very closely allied to 

 I.fenestratus, F., but the posterior tarsi of the male have the 

 joints externally margined at their lower edge, whereas in the 

 male of the last-mentioned species they are not margined ; 

 this character was very plain in the male specimen sent by 

 Mr. Edwards. Lord Walsingham, in alluding to the exhibit, 

 referred to the list of Norfolk Coleoptera compiled some 

 years ago by Mr. Crotch, which appeared to have been lost 

 sight of. 



