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Epheslia semirufa. Haw. Found abundantly near Lewisliam, as also the variety 

 nifa described by Hawortb as a species. Mr. Doubleday informed Mr. Douglas tbat 

 he had seen no specimens of this insect since he received it from Mr. Dale many years 

 ago. 



Mr. Scott also exhibited the following Coleoptera : — 

 Deleasler Dichrous, Grav. Taken at Crwinlyn, Monmouthshire. June. 

 Stilicus fragilis, Grav. Taken at Crwmlyn, Monmouthshire. June. 

 Clythra 3-dentata Found at Dareuth Wood. 



Mr. Milford exhibited a beautiful series, including both sexes, of Nemotois cupria- 

 cella, lately caught at Hampstead : though the female of this species has been frequently 

 taken in various parts of England, the male had not previously been captured. 



Mr. Miller exhibited a number of interesting Micro-Lepidoptera, including an 

 apparently new species of Coleophora bred from larvae which fed on hazel, and a Litho- 

 colletis, the larva of which mined in leaves of the plum tree. 



Mr. F. Walker exhibited a remarkable variety of Lasiommata Megaera, and made 

 the following observations respecting it : — 



This singular variety of L. Megaera, if it had been found in a distant region, would 

 perhaps have been considered to be a distinct species. It was taken by my son in 

 Guernsey. The upper surface somewhat resembles that of L. Clymenus, a Russian 

 species, and in the band of the fore wings of the male not being forked it approaches 

 L. Tegelius from Corsica. The most decided peculiarity is in the under side of the 

 hind wings, and it appears to difiVr as much from L. Megaera as the latter does from 

 L. Msera and L. Mseroides, Boisd., found in Hindostan ; this last species hardly differs 

 from L. Maera. Examples in the British Museum of L. Megaera from Persia in no 

 wise differ from the European specimens. 



Mr. Walerhouse exhibited specimens of the Cychramus fungicola of Heer and 

 Erichson, an insect which he believed had been commonly confounded in this country 

 with the C. luteus. The C. fungicola, however, might he distinguished by its more 

 convex form, stronger punctuation, less dense and coarser pubescence, and, usually by 

 the disc of the elytron being clouded with brown. 



A series of C. luteus was exhibited, with the C. fungicola for comparison. Mr. Water- 

 house stated that he believed both species were equally common, and that he had taken 

 them both at Darenth Wood, Birch Wood and Erith, He here observed tbat the second 

 species of Byturus {viz., B. fumatus) he had this year found both at Darenth and Birch 

 Woods; that at the time he first called attention to the existence of B. fumatus in 

 England, he was not aware of the localities of the very few specimens which came 

 under his notice. The B. fumatus he was aware had been taken by other entomolo- 

 gists in the London district ; he had seen specimens captured by Mr. Douglas and 

 Mr. Stokes. 



Mr. Waterhouse then exhibited specimens of two species of Ceutorhynchus, which 

 had to be added to our list of British Coleoptera. The first was the C. Syrites of Germar, 

 Gyllenhal and Schonherr. The specimens exhibited were found by sweeping in the 

 field opposite the inn at Birch Wood Corner, on the 11th of July last, and he had taken 

 a single specimen at Erith on the 26th of June last. 



The C. Syrites is nearly allied to C. assimilis, but may be distinguished by its 

 shorter and more convex form, the larger size of the white scales (which are very dense, 

 and form a white line along the suture), with which it is clothed, the somewhat coarser 



