2950 THE ZooLocGistT—FEBRUARY, 1872. 
antenne scarcely more than half the usual length; (2) Pieris raps, female, 
with only a faint trace of the second spot on the upper wing ; (3) Anchocelis 
lunosa, male, taken at sugar, the right-hand upper wing much broader than 
the other, and differently formed; (4) Cheimatobia brumata, naturally with 
only three wings, and varying in colour and markings. 
Mr. E. W. Janson exhibited a collection of insects, principally Coleoptera, 
from the diamond-fields of South Africa. 
Mr. Higgins exhibited examples of Tetracha crucigera of M‘Leay, 
sent to him from Sydney, being, as he believed, the first seen in 
Europe. 
Prof. Westwood exhibited a series of drawings and specimens, with the 
view of identifying Papilio Thersander of Fabricius, and of proving that the 
figures thereof published by Donovan in the ‘ Naturalists’ Repository,’ 
although stated to have been copied from Mr. Jones’s ‘ Icones,’ were drawn 
by Donovan from a torn and mutilated copy of Jones's figure, and completed 
from Charaxes Fabius. 
Mr. Albert Miiller read the following notes :— 
“Tn reference to the question whether Libellulide are liable to be perse- 
cuted by birds, I wish to point out that they have very powerful enemies to 
contend with in the Falconide, as Natterer has stated that a species 
belonging to this tribe, namely Hypotriorchis rufigularis, Gray, was met by 
him late in the evening, after sunset, flying over the tops of figeira (?) trees, 
near Sapitiba (Brazil), apparently to catch insects, and that the stomach of 
a female contained Libellulide (Verhandl. K. K. Zool. Bot. G. in Wien. 
1863, p. 632). It will be recollected that at the last Meeting Mr. 
M‘Lachlan exhibited an instance of mimicry between two species of 
American Libellulide, so it may be worth while to inquire if these suffer 
similar persecution by birds of prey. At any rate, I throw out the 
suggestion.” 
Mr. Horne remarked that during his residence in India he had never 
seen Libellulide attacked by birds. 
Papers read, &c. 
Major Parry communicated the following :— 
“ Lissapterus Howittanus, H. Deyrolle, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1870, p. 98.— 
On perusing Prof. Westwood’s recent paper in the ‘ Transactions’ of 
the Society, containing descriptions and notices of several new and inte- 
resting species of Lucanoid Coleoptera, my attention has been called to a 
note the author has appended to his notice of an insect originally described 
by himself under the name of Lissotes Howittanus, a most remarkable and 
interesting form, pertaining to the family of the Dorcidew. This insect has 
been subsequently characterised, by M. Henri Deyrolle (loc. cit.), as the 
