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ruficollis (Bolilobius), .S'<e;)A. Note. — Tachyporus diffinis, Steph., 



picipes ( „ ), Steph. and Conuius iininaculatus of Stephens's 



collection (not of his description), are 

 both = Mylsna brevicornis of Matthews 



= M. gracilis, Kz. 



Part v., Vol. iv., n. s., of the Society's 'Transactions,' recently published, was on 

 the table. 



September 7, 1857. 



J. O. Westwood, Esq., V.P., in the chair. 



Donations. 

 The following donations were announced, and thanks ordered to be given to the 

 donors : — ' Transactions of the Zoological Society of London,' Vol. iv. Part 4 ; ' Pro- 

 ceedings of the Zoological Society of London,' Nos. 314 to 333 ; presented by the 

 Society. 'Catalogue of the Coleopterous Insects of Madeira, in the Collection of the 

 British Museum ;' by the Author, T. V. Wollastou, Esq., M.A., F.L.S. ' List of the 

 Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum: 

 Part 12. Noctuidae;' by the Author, Francis Walker, Esq., F.L.S., &c. 'The 

 Natural History Review,' 1857, No. 3; by the Dublin University Zoological 

 Association. 'The Zoologist' for September; by the Editor. 'The Athenaeum' 

 for August; by the Editor. 'The Literary Gazette' for August; by the Editor. 

 'The Journal of the Society of Arts' for August; by the Editor. ' Memoires de 

 I'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux Arts de Belgique,' 

 Tome XXX. ; * Memoires Couronnes et Memoires des Savants etrangers,' Tomes xxvi., 

 xxvii. and xxviii. ; ' Bulletins de I'Academie,' Tome xxii. 2e Partie Tome xxiii. ; 

 ' Annuaire de I'Academie,' 1856 and 1657; by the Academic Eoyale des Sciences 

 des Leltres et des Beaux Arts de Belgique. 'Carabe d'Agassiz;' by the Author, 

 M. Barthelemy. * Description de douze Especes de Longicornes des Vieux Calabar, 

 a la cote Occidentale d'Afrique,' par M. A. Chevrolat ; by the Author. 



Election of Members. 

 R. Bakewell, Esq., of Finchley Road, St. John's Wood, and W. S. Atkinson, Esq., 

 La Martiniere, Calcutta, were balloted for and elected Members of the Society. 



Exhibitions. 



Mr. Foxcroft sent for exhibition some fine specimens of Aplocera flavicinctaria, 

 taken at Rannoch. 



Mr. Stevens exhibited a specimen of Dynastes Mars, lately sent him by Mr. Bates 

 from the Upper Amazons, and observed that the only specimen hitherto known of this 

 fine species was taken in the same country, a few years ago, by Mr. A. R. Wallace, 

 and figured in the ' Annales de la Soclete Entomologique de France.' 



Mr. Stevens also exhibited some insects lately received from Mr. Wallace, 

 captured by him in Celebes, including Papilio Dciphobus, a fine species of Papilio 



