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Mr. R. Trimen referred to a green and brown variegated Hetrodes, 
a Locustid common in South Africa, which possessed the power of 
squirting a greenish fluid to a distance of four feet. 
Mr. W. L. Distant recommended reference to EK. Graeffe’s ‘ Entomolo- 
gische Reisen im Innern d. Insel Viti-Levu’ (Zurich, 1868). 
The Secretary read a communication received from the Colonial Office 
with reference to the report upon the insect which attacks the eggs of 
locusts; also an enclosure from Sir Robert Biddulph, High Commissioner 
of Cyprus, enquiring whether the insect itself might not be destructive to 
crops and vegetation; and further, an extract from a letter from Lieut.-Col. 
Sir C. Wilson, H.M. Consul-General in Anatolia, recommending certain 
mechanical steps to be taken with a view to the limitation of locust attacks, 
also suggesting the introduction of the ‘“ Russet Starling, or Locust Bird,” 
from Anatolia. It was pointed out that the fears of Sir R. Biddulph as 
to the Callostoma being itself destructive to crops were unfounded, and pro- 
bably arose from an erroneous idea that the insect was one of the Cantharide, 
referred to in previous communications. The Russet Starling mentioned 
in Lieut.-Col. Wilson’s despatch is doubtless the Pastor roseus, Linn., 
a migratory bird which no doubt already occurs in Cyprus. It is known to 
be particularly destructive to locusts generally, but also often seriously 
attacks the rice-fields in India. 
Papers read. 
Mr. D. Sharp communicated the descriptions of ‘‘ Some new Coleoptera 
from the Hawaiian Islands.” Thirty-four new species, collected by the Rev. 
T. Blackburn, were characterized; of the Nitidulide, eleven new species of 
Brachypeplus ; of the Anobiida, thirteen new species referred to three new 
genera (Xyletobius, Holcobius, and Mirosternus); of the Aglycyderide, six 
additional species of Proterhinus ; and of the Cerambycide, two new species 
of Clytarlus. 
Mr. C. O. Waterhouse read a paper “On some new South American 
Coleoptera of the family Rutelide,” resulting from the examination of some 
Rutelide collected by Mr. Buckley in Kcuador; which were described, together 
with others already in the British Museum Collection. Mr. Waterhouse 
remarked that hitherto the common dull black Brazilian Antichira had 
been referred to Linné’s A. tetradactyla, but his description is ‘‘ ater, lucens, 
levis; Hab. Jamaica”; several specimens of this insect are in the Museum 
under Blanchard’s name of Macraspis melanaria, for which Linné’s name 
must be substituted. For the Brazilian species Mr. Waterhouse adopted 
Mannerheim’s subspecific name of M. dichroa, given to the reddish variety. 
Prof. J. O. Westwood communicated the “ description of the immature 
state of a Ceylonese insect apparently belonging to an undescribed genus.” 
Several immature specimens of this insect (Dyscritina longisetosa) were taken 
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