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fined to boreal regions ; and Scotland, where it was taken, is 

 the most likely place for its occurrence in Great Britain. 



The Eev. F. D. Morice exhibited three female specimens of 

 Exoneura Hbanensis, Friese, taken at Brumana on Mt. Lebanon, 

 near Beirut ; and, for comparison with them, he showed two 

 specimens of Ceratina cucurbitina, Rossi, from Switzerland. 

 He commented upon the remarkable distribution of the genus 

 Exoneura, Smith, this genus having been hitherto recorded only 

 fi'om Australia. 



Mr. Gahan remarked upon the difficulty of accounting for 

 the distribution of many genera of insects, and pointed out 

 that the case brought under their notice by Mr. Morice was 

 closely paralleled by that of the Coleopterous genus Pelohins, 

 of which two species were, so far, known only from Australia, 

 while the third was almost entirely confined to Europe. 



Pa2:>ers. 



Mr. G. J. Arkow read a paper " On Sexual Dimorphism in 

 the Eutelid genus Parastasia." Mr. W. L. Distant contributed 

 " Descriptions of four new species of Oicadidse," and Mr. 

 Claude Fuller a paper " On some species of Western Austra- 

 lian Coccidfe." 



November 1st, 1899. 

 Mr. G. H. Verrall, President, in the Chair. 



Election of Eelloios. 

 Mr. Arthur M. Lea, of Hobart, Tasmania ; and Mr. 

 Charles P. Lounsbury, B.Sc, of Cape Town, were elected 

 Fellows of the Society. 



Exhibitions, etc. 



Mr. J. J. Walker exhibited two living specimens of 

 Bostrychus cornutus, Fab., received from Dr. Basset Smith 

 who obtained them from a wooden stool brought from Zanzibar. 



Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse showed a living example of Moecha 

 hecate, Chev., a West African species of Longicornia. 



On behalf of Mr. W. Purdey, of Folkestone, Mr. C. G. 

 Barrett exhibited the following species and varieties of 



