( xviii ) 



insect — one of the Cicadhur — from Ceylon, having what 

 appeared to be a head at its caudal extremity. He pointed 

 out that the larva had caudal appendages which might be 

 mistaken for hairy antennae, and pigment spots resembling 

 eyes on the antepenultimate segment of the body. The 

 insect walked either backwards or forwards, and when first 

 seen looked like a beetle of some kind, the caudal extremity 

 representing the head. 



Papej-f!, etc., read. 



Mons. Louis Peringuey contributed a paper entitled 

 '* Descriptions of New Species of South African Coleoptera, 

 chiefly from Zambesia." 



Dr. Sharp read a paper, by Professor Williston, entitled 

 " On the Diptera of St. Vincent, West Indies. Part I." 



March 18th, 1896. 



Professor Piaphael Meldola, F.E.S., President, in the 

 Chair. 



Donations to the Library were announced, and thanks 

 voted to the respective donors. 



Election of a Fellow. 



Mr. T. A. Gerald Strickland, of Oakleigh, near Ascot, 

 Berkshire, was elected a Fellow of the Society. 



Exhibitions, etc. 



Mr. C. G. Barrett exhibited a series of drawings of 

 varieties of British Lepidoptera in the collection of Mr. S. J. 

 Capper, of Huyton Park, Liverpool. The drawings, which 

 were beautifully executed, were by Mr. S. L. Mosley of 

 Huddersfield, and comprised 389 figures, representing 139 

 species, of which 33 were butterflies and 50 moths. Herr 

 Jacoby enquired whether any record had been kept of the 

 localities in which these varieties had been caught, or of the 



