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whole of the present Entomological Rooms, utterly inadequate 
as they are, were only a makeshift, the original plan of the 
Museum regarding them as mere store-rooms. He also read 
a letter showing how far the scheme of spoliation had already 
advanced, and how urgent was the necessity for immediate 
action. 
The Rev. G. WHEELER added that, bad as things looked if 
the Spirit Building were erected on the proposed site close to 
Queen’s Gate, yet they would be even worse in the very 
possible event of the owners of the land or houses at the 
other side of the road objecting to the close proximity of the 
Spirit Building, as it would then have to be pushed further 
back towards the Museum, not merely reducing and damaging 
the available space for extension, but making it totally 
impossible to build any extension at all. 
The resolution was carried unanimously. 
Mr. H. Rowianp-Brown then moved that “If a deputation 
be appointed to wait on Mr. Runciman with regard to this 
matter, the Officers and Council of the Entomological Society 
desire to be represented on it.” 
This was seconded by Mr. BrerHuns-Baker and carried 
unanimously, and Mr. C. O. WatErHousE said that he would 
see that it was made known in the right quarters. 
Exhibitions. 
A Rare British Brerne.—Commander J. J. Wa.kEr 
exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Gro. Brown, of Coatbridge, 
Lanarkshire, living specimens of Helophorus tuberculatus, Gyll., 
hitherto exceedingly rare as a British insect. These were 
taken by Mr. Brown at the end of April, walking about on 
bare dry peaty soil on the moors near Coatbridge. 
ABNORMAL BretLteE.—Mr. O. E. Janson exhibited a new 
and remarkable Lamellicorn beetle, belonging to the Cremasto- 
chilides group of the Cetoniidae, in which the anterior tarsi 
were unmistakably six-jointed. He believed this was the first 
known instance in the whole of the Coleoptera where the tarsal 
joints exceeded five. The specimen was received in a collection 
made by Dr. Bayon in Uganda, and sent to him for determina- 
tion by Dr. Gestro, the Director of the Civic Museum, Genoa. 
