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had stated on a former occasion, that European entomologists generally 

 were of opinion that the majority of the European species of Longicorns do 

 not attack living trees while in a perfectly healthy state. 



Papers read. 



Mr. A. G, Butler communicated a paper entitled "Descriptions of some 

 New Species and a New Genus of Diurnal Lepidoptera in the Collection of 

 Herbert Druce, Esq." 



M. Henri Deyrolle communicated some " Descriptions of New Species of 

 Lucanidse, from the Collection of Major F. J. Sidney Parry." 



Mr. Frederick Smith read a paper entitled " A Kevision of the Hy- 

 menopterous Genera Cleptes, Parnopes, Anthracias, Pyria and Stilbum, 

 with Descriptions of New Species of those Genera and also of New Species 

 of the Genus Chrysis from North China and from Australia." With regard 

 to the genus Anthracias in the above paper, Mr. Smith remarked that a 

 genus had been created by Klug, in the ' Berichte,' under that name, but 

 that the detailed generic characters had not been given, although he had 

 mentioned the essential one, — that of the abdomen being composed above, 

 of only two (visible) segments, instead of three, as in the other Hymenoptera. 

 No mention had been made of it by any other hymenopterist, and nobody 

 appeared to know anything about it ; but latterly he had purchased the 

 collection of Mr. Shuckard, and in it he had found a single imperfect 

 specimen, which was undoubtedly belonging to the genus described by 

 Klug. It was mixed with specimens of Parnopes carnea, for which it had 

 no doubt been mistaken, and which it very much resembled. 



July 6, 1874. 

 Sir Sidney Smith Saunders, C.M.G., President, in the chair. 



Donations to the Library. 



The following donations were announced, and thanks voted to the 

 donors : — ' Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France,' ser. 5, tome iii. ; 

 presented by the Society. ' Proceedings of the Zoological Society of Loudon,' 

 1873, pt. 4, and 1874, pt. 1; by the Society. 'Proceedings of the Eoyal 

 Society,' no. 152; by the Society. 'Proceedings of the Boston Society of 

 Natural History,' vol. xii. pp. 3G9 — 432; vol. xiii. pp.1 — 224; by the 

 Society. ' Fifth Annual Report of the Trustees of the Peabody Academy 

 of Science ; ' by the Academy. ' Sixth Annual Keport of the United States 



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