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Exhibitions, dc. 
Mr. E. A. Fitch, on behalf of Mr. A. 8. Olliff who was present as a 
visitor, exhibited a specimen of Strangalia quadrifasciata. This Longicorn 
was captured at West Wickham last August while flying round thistle-heads 
in the sunshine. 
Mr. W. C. Boyd exhibited a specimen of Nonagria lutosa captured 
outside the Great Eastern Railway terminus in Liverpool Street; also a 
curious variety of E’nnomos tiliaria, taken at light at Cheshunt. 
Mr. W. F. Kirby called the attention of Members to a work on all 
Orders of Insects by Herr Buchecker, of Munich, which was now in course 
of publication, and exhibited some parts representing the Neuroptera and 
Lepidoptera. Mr. M‘Lachlan said he could by no means recommend this 
work to the notice of the members, as in his opinion the author was much 
more of a photographer than an entomologist, consequently little new 
information was to be obtained, but much that was erroneous and mis- 
leading; the photographic plates were fairly good and accurate. 
Papers read, dc. 
Mr. F. P. Pascoe read a paper “On the genus Hilipus and its Neo- 
tropical allies,” in which fifty-five new species were described, all of which 
were exhibited ; nine new genera were characterized. 
Mr. W. L. Distant read “ Descriptions of new genera and species of 
Rhynchota from Madagascar.” 
Prof. Westwood communicated a paper entitled “ Observations on the 
Hymenopterous genus Scleroderma and some other allied groups.” 
Mr. M‘Lachlan directed the attention of Members to a paper by 
Dr. Adler, just published in the last part of Siebold and Kolliker’s ‘ Zeit- 
schrift’ (Zeit. fir wiss. Zoologie, vol. xxxv., pp. 151—246, pl. x.—xii.) on 
the dimorphism of oak gall-flies (Cynipide). 
The Secretary read a report, from the ‘ Western Daily Mercury,’ of 
the proceedings of the Yealmpton (South Devon) Police Court on the 
8th of February last, when H. W. Horton, a farmer, was convicted 
under the Destructive Insects Act of 1877, of being in possession of 
living specimens of the Colorado Beetle, and was fined £5. The Secretary 
also read a trenchant leading article from a later issue (February 12th) of 
the same paper. 
Mr. Jeuner Weir remarked that he had recently seen a living specimen 
of the Doryphora which had been brought to London in a barrel of 
potatoes. 
New Part of ‘ Transactions.’ 
Part V. of the ‘'‘T'ransactions’ for 1880 was on the table. 
