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HvpocHnea gracilipes, Mayr. ; H. excisa, Mayr. ; Holcomyrraex indicus, 
Mayr., n. gen. & sp. ; Pheidolacanthiims laevifrons, Mayr., n. sp. ; Mouo- 
morium latnoda, Mayr. ; Solenopsis geminata, Fabr. ; Pheidologetou labo- 
riosus, Smith; Pheidole javaua, Mayr.; Tvpblata tricarinata, Mayr., n.sp.; 
T. brevicornis, Mayr., n. sp. ; Sima rufonigrum, Jerdon ; S. atrata, Smith ; 
S. carbonaria, Smith ; Myrmicavia subcarinata, Smith. Cryptocerid(B (one 
species) ; Meranoplus bicolor, Guer. 
Thus, there were nine new species, two of which were new genei'a, and 
the collection contained several others, apparently new, requiring further 
examination. Mr. Smith directed attention to the fact that Mr. Rothney 
had very carefully collected the sexes of the different species, which was of 
the utmost importance to Science. Mr. Rothney had also, in a most liberal 
manner, allowed Mr. Smith to select a complete series of specimens for the 
British Museum. Connected with Mr. Rothney 's collection were also three 
examples of what appeared to be the ant, Sima rufonigrum, placed side by 
side; but on close examination one of them was found to be a spider 
of the genus Salticus, having its anterior legs purposely removed, causing 
it to present a striking resemblance to the ant, which, like it, inhabits 
trees. 
Mr. William Cole exhibited some magnificent species of Bombycidae 
collected by Dr. Seaman, near Pine Town, Port Natal. 
Mr. Stevens remarked that a hybernated specimen of Vanessa Antiopa 
had been seen on Sunday last in a church at Redhill. 
Papers read, dc. 
Mr. Bates communicated " Descriptions of New Genera and Species of 
Geodephagous Coleoptera from China, founded principally on Collections 
made by Mr. George Lewis," 
Mr. Albert Miiller communicated the following notes : — 
1, Ara:ocerus coffea at Basle. — " On the 29th of September, 1862, while 
attentively watching the unpacking of some freshly-imported bags of Java 
coffee, iu a warehouse at Basle, a very lively specimen of this beetle 
came tumbling out of one of the bags. I secured it and kept it alive 
for some days. In a letter dated the 14th of March, 1873, which 
I have just received from my lynx-eyed friend Herr H. Knecht, of the 
same city, he tells me that he can now get this species in any 
quantity at Basle. It is well known that this species of Anthribidse 
feeds in the larval state on raw coffee-berries; hence its introduction 
and capture in commercial emporia on the coasts of different continents 
need cause little surprise ; but the two facts here recorded illustrate once 
more the indubitable axiom that insects living on merchandise are spread 
