CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



Explanation of the Plates ...... ix 



Errata et Addenda ...... ix 



List of Members ....... x 



MEMOIRS. 



I. A Eevision of the Australian Biiprestid<s described by 



the Eev. F. W. Hope. By Edward Saundees . . 1 



II. On some undescribed Species of South- African Butter- 

 flies, including a new Genus of Lycmnidce. By 

 Koland Tkimen 69 



III. Eemarks on Mr. A. E. Wallace's " Fieridm of the In- 



dian and Australian Eegions." By W. C. Hewitson, 



F.L.S 97 



IV. On Bwmeisteria, a new Genus of Melolonthidoe. By 



Feedeeic Schickendantz 101 



V. Ou the "Coffee Borer" of Southern India {Xylotreclms 



quadripes, Chevrolat). By J. W. Dunning, M.A., 



F.L.S., Sec. Ent. Soc 105 



VI. Observations on the Economy of Brazilian Insects, 



chiefly Hymenoptercb, from the Notes of Mr. Peckolt. 



By Fredeeick Smith, late Pres. Ent. Soc. 

 VII. A few Observations on the Synonymy of Tinea (?) 



Alpicella and Zelleria SaxifragcB, (n. sp.). By H. 



T. Stainton, F.E.S., &c 



VIII. Bemarks upon the Homologies of the Ovipositor. By 



A. E, Eaton, B. A ' 



IX. A Monograph of the British Neuroptera-Planipennia. 



By E. McLachlan, F.L.S., Sec. Ent. Soc. 

 X. Observations on the Duration of Life in the Honey 



Bee. By J. G. Desboeough 225 



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