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driven into the dead stems of Jancus lamprocarpiis, making 

 a longitudinal slit, they are then opened, and the ovipositor 

 thrust into the pith and the ova deposited in small bunches. 

 Ovipositor and spines are then withdrawn, and the cut, 

 closing up, is hardly visible. 



Aberrant form of Chrysophanus hippothoe, L. — Mr. W. 

 ScHMAssMAN showed on behalf of Mr. H. Welte a curiously 

 marked $ of Chrysophanus hippothoe caught on July 22nd, 

 1908, at Goeschenen, Switzerland. The black spots, forming 

 the marginal row on the underside of the two fore-wings and 

 one of the hind-wings, were elongated. The other hind-wing 

 and the wings on the upper side were normal. 



Mammoth Scale Insect of Rhodesia. — Mr. C. O. Water- 

 house sent for exhibition living males and immature females 

 of the Mammoth Scale Insect which infests the M'sasa tree in 

 Rhodesia. Also a dead example of the fully grown female 

 scale. These were recently received from Mr. J. Cameron 

 of the Department of Agriculture, of Rhodesia. The males 

 were in abundance in white cocoons among dead leaves under 

 the trees. They are what are known in collections under 

 the generic name Monophloehus. The female has been named 

 Lophococcus maxivnus by Mr. Lounsbury. 



COLEOPTERA AND HeMIPTERA NEW TO BRITAIN. Mr. E. A. 



Butler exhibited one species of Coleoptera, and five of 

 Hemiptera recently added to the British Fauna ; viz, (a) 

 My7'7necopora brevipes, Butl., from Tintagel, Cornwall, a 

 species allied to M. uvida, Er. ; (h) Cymus ohliquus, Horv., 

 from Ashburnham, Sussex, in the Hastings district, a species 

 allied to C. glancUcolor, Hahn. ; (c) Einpoasca hutleri, Edw., 

 and E. populi, Edw., the former from dwarf sallows on the 

 sandhills of Caermarthenshire, and the latter from Lombardy 

 Poplars, Highgate ; and {d) on behalf of Mr. Jas. Edwards, 

 Typhlocyha frustrato7\ Edw. and T. fratercula, Edw. (together 

 with a sketch of the appendages of the oedeagus in each 

 case), both from Colesborne, Gloucestershire. These two 

 species were described by Mr. Edwards in April 1908, but 

 by an oversight they were omitted from the new catalogue 

 of British Hemiptera which has recently been published. 

 Mr. Butler also showed the unique example of Mymecocoris 



