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Mr. Norman H. Joy showed two species of Coleoptera new 

 to the British Islands \—Lxmophilus monilis, F., taken in 

 the neighbourhood of Streatley, Berks ; and Dacne foicleri, 

 n. sp., from Bradfield, with specimens of D. humeralis, and 

 D. rufifrons for comparison. He pointed out that fowleri 

 differed not only in colour and structure from the two other 

 species of the genus, but also in habits, as it was a quick 

 runner. 



Mr. H. St. J. Doxisthorpe showed a specimen of a new 

 British Agathidium (Badium, Er.) discovered last year in 

 Cumberland, and now taken by him at Gibside, Durham, and 

 specimens of Prionocy])/ton serricornis with a drawing of the 

 hitherto unknown larva which he said he had taken under 

 water in the hollow bole of a tree, in the New Forest, last 

 July. 



Dr. F. A. Dixey exhibited some specimens of African 

 Pierine butterflies, together with alcoholic extracts of the wings 

 of Mylothris agatkma, Cram., 6* , ^nd Belenois severina, Cxvim., <$ , 

 and remarked upon them as follows : — 



" It may be remembered that some little time since (see 

 Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1904, pp. lvi-lx) I gave a short account 

 of various observations made by me in 1899, and subsequently, 

 on the scents of several of our British butterflies, exhibiting 

 at the same time preparations of some of these perfumes which 

 still retained their distinctive qualities. During the present 

 year I have had the opportunity of testing many of the 

 African butterflies in the same way, and I now propose to 

 give details of some of the facts that I have been able to 

 observe in relation to their property of scent-production. In 

 this investigation I have had the great advantage of the co- 

 operation of Dr. Longstaff, who had already, at my suggestion, 

 made a careful examination of the odours of many Asiatic 

 butterflies, as recorded in the volume of our Transactions for 

 1905, pp. 61-144. I am further indebted to him for permission 

 to include his own impressions of these perfumes. 



" The scents now dealt with are of two kinds ; these 

 may be roughly distinguished, in reference to their probable 

 functional significance, as attractive and repulsive. 



" The first class is, I think, of importance in courtship as a 



