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Hvpoclinea gracilipes, Mmjr. ; H. excisa, Mayr. ; Holcomyrmex indicus, 

 Mayr., n. gen. & sp. ; Pheidolacauthinus laevifrons, Mayr., n. sp. ; Mono- 

 morium latnoda, il/«?/r. ; Solenopsis geminata, Fat/-. ; Pbeidologeton labo- 

 riosus, Smith; Pheidole javana, Mayr.; Typhlata tricariData, Mayr., n.sp.; 

 T. brevicornis, Mayr., n. sp. ; Siina rufonigrum, Jerdon ; S. atrata, Smith; 

 S. carbonaria, Smith; Myrmicaria subcarinata, Smith. CryptoceridcB (one 

 species) ; Meranoplus bicolor, Guer. 



Thus, there were nine new species, two of which were new genera, and 

 the collection contained several others, apparently new, requiring further 

 examination. Mr. Smith directed attention to the fact that Mr. Rothney 

 had very carefully collected the sexes of the different species, which was of 

 the utmost importance to Science. Mr. Eothney had also, in a most liberal 

 manner, allowed Mr. Smith to select a complete series of specimens for the 

 British Museum. Connected with Mr. Rothney 's collection were also three 

 examples of what appeared to be the ant, Sima rufonigrum, placed side by 

 side; but on close examination one of them was found to be a spider 

 of the genus Salticus, having its anterior legs purposely removed, causing 

 it to present a striking resemblance to the ant, which, like it, inhabits 

 trees. 



Mr. William Cole exhibited some magnificent species of Bombycidae 

 collected by Dr. Seaman, near Pine Town, Port Natal. 



Mr. Stevens remarked that a hybernated specimen of Vanessa Antiopa 

 had been seen on Sunday last in a church at Eedhill. 



Papers read, dc. 



Mr. Bates communicated " Descriptions of New Genera and Species of 

 Geodephagous Coleoptera from China, founded principally on Collections 

 made by Mr. George Lewis." 



Mr. Albert Miiller communicated the following notes : — 



1. Araocerus coffea. at Bash. — "On the 29th of September, 1862, while 

 attentively watching the unpacking of some freshly-imported bags of Java 

 coffee, in a warehouse at Basle, a very lively specimen of this beetle 

 came tumbling out of one of the bags. I secured it and kept it alive 

 for some days. In a letter dated the 14th of March, 1873, which 

 I have just received from my lynx-eyed friend Herr H. Knecht, of the 

 same city, he tells me that he can now get this species in any 

 quantity at Basle. It is well known that this species of Anthribidae 

 feeds in the larval state on raw coffee-berries; hence its introduction 

 and capture in commercial emporia on the coasts of different continents 

 Heed cause little surprise ; but the two facts here recorded illustrate once 

 more the indubitable axiom that insects living on merchandise are spread 



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