fv6 Ento/nolo(/ical Society. 



Sp. 18. Promeces Sinensis. Obscure viridis, capite cyaneo anterc' 

 niscjue atris ; thorace utrinqve annate nigro, ternis liiieis viriili- 

 auratis insignito ; elgtris elongatis nigro-viridibus, suturd pft/M- 

 diori. Long. lin. 13, lat. lin. 2h 



Sp. 19. Eumolpus ignicoUis. Violaceus, capite antice nigro, posiice 

 aurato medioque viridi ; thorace cupreo igneo marginato, sub 

 lente punctidato ; eJgtris violaceis liyieato-punetatis, marginibus 

 purpurascentibus. Long. lin. 3|, lat lin. 1|. 



Sp. 20. Galleruca atripennis. Nigra, antennis htleis ; thorace 

 flavo, elytrisque atris et nitidis, sub lente punctidatis ; corpore 

 infra luteo, pedibus concolorihus. Long, lin. 3|, lat. lin. \\. 



Sp. 21. Galleruca erosa. Liitea, antennis fuscis, primo articido 

 rubro ; thorace iitrinque lateribus subspinosis ; elytris pallide 

 h/teis erosis, corpore infra concolori. Long. lin. 2^ lat. lin. 1|. 



April 4th. — W. W. Saunders, Esq., President, in the Chair. 

 Mr. Westwood exhibited three new species of Australian Rhipicera^ 

 from the collections of the Entomological Society and the Rev. F. \V. 

 Hope, of which the following are the characters : — 



Khipicera atteiiuata, W. i?. nigra pu?ictatissi77ia angusta, ely- 

 tris fuscoluteis, guttis minidis rotundatis albls sparsim notatis. 

 ^ Long. Corp. lin. 7. — Hab. New Holland. 

 Riiipicera pumilio, W. R. angusta picea, capite nigro, prothorace 

 et elytris guttis vel squamis albidis ornatis. Long. cjrp. lin. 4. 

 — Hab, New Holland ; Swan River. 

 Riiipicc^ra brunnea, \V. R. brevis crassa, opaca, luteo- setosa ; ely- 

 tris fasciis nonnuliis irrcgularibus interruptis, e squamis fulvis 

 formatis ; antennis brevibus, \S-articulatis. (^ Long. corp. lin. 

 6^— 9.— Hab. New, Holland. 

 He also exhibited specimens of Goliatkus Delesseriii, G., and Gna- 

 thocera 7nicans, G., from the collection of AL Guerin Meneville. 



The following memoirs were read : — 



" Notice of an Apparatus for Capturing Insects by Lamp-light." 

 By Mr. Stevenson, Corr. M.E,S., consisting of a box about two 

 feet square and about a foot deep, without a wooden top, its j)lace 

 being supplied by four pieces of talc or glass, each fixed at an acute 

 angle on the interior of the mouth, on each side of the square and 

 opening inwards, a free open space of several inches square being left 

 in the middle, at the back of which is a lamp, defended by a semi- 

 circular glass guard, against which the insects will fly, attracted by 

 the light, and falling to the bottom of the box will l)e prevented from 

 crawling out again by the oblique direction of the talc or glass front. 

 This apparatus may be hung in any locality likely of success. 



Continuation of " Descriptions of New Holland Chri/somelidee allied 

 to Cryptocephalus." By W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



Anodonta, Hope MSS. Body short, ovate, compressed or cylin- 

 drical. Legs rather short. Head vertical, rotundate. Eyes 

 reniform. Antenna; subclavafe, half as long as the body in the 

 females, nearly as long as the body in the males ; 3rd, \th and 

 rJh joints rather long, nearly of equal length, slender, the re- 



