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wing of tbe male had beeu cut out and replaced by pieces of the wing of the 

 female. 



Mr. Blind mentioned that a considerable number of the locust, Acridium pere- 

 grinum, had been taken in Cornwall in October: some were captured at Falmouth, 

 and about ihirtv in or near Plymouth, of which iwo were exhibited: most of them 

 were found iu the sUeels and yards of the town. 



Prof. Westwood, on behalf of the Rev. Leonard Jenyns, exhibited a species of 

 Apliodius (probably A. lividus), which was said to be frequently vomited by South- 

 African Hoitentots, who are notorious as unclean feeders; and a species of ElateridEB 

 which was found in April, 1869, floating in a cup of tea at Bath, and was recognized 

 by Mr. Janson as an eastern species of the genus Heteroderes. 



Prof. Westwood also exhibited drawings of some new Australian Lucanida?, of the 

 genus Lissoies. 



Mr. Pascoe exhibited a number of Curculionidse, of the genus Catasarcus, ia 

 illustration of the paper mentioned below. 



Mr. Albert Miiller exhibited photographs of aberrations of Abas parallelus and 

 Clems formicarius : the former remarkable for its zigzag striatiou, tlie latter for the 

 union of the two white bands of the elytra. 



Mr. Quariich (who was present as a Visitor) made a communication respecting the 

 book-worm. 



Papers read. 



The following papers were read: — 



" On some new British Species of Ephemeridte ;" by the Rev. A. E. Eaton. 

 " Descriptions of six new species of Callidryas;" by Mr. A. G. Butler. 

 " A Revision of the Genus Catasarcus;" by Mr. F. P. Pascoe. 

 " Tbe Genera of Coleopiera studied chronologically (1735—1801) ;" by Mr. G. R. 

 Crotch. 



New Part of ' Transactions? 

 Pan 5 of the ' Tiausactions for 1869,' published iu December, was on the table. 



Annual Meeting, January 24, 1870.— Feederick Smith, Esq., Vice-Presidenl, in 

 the chair. 



An Abstract of the Treasurer's Accounts for 1869 was read by Mr. J. Jenner Weir, 

 one of tbe Auditors, and showed a balance in favour of the Society of £125 Qs. 'Ad. 



The Secretary read the Report of the Council for 1869. from which tbe following 

 is extracted: — 



" During the year twenty-one Members or Subscribers have been elected, but 

 seventeen names have been removed from the list; the numerical gain is therefore 

 reduced to four. 



"The volume of ' Transactions for 1869' includes twenty-seven memoirs by seven- 

 teen authors, extends to four hundred pages exclusive of the ' Proceedings,' and is 

 illustrated by six plates, of which two are coloured. To Messrs. E. Saunders, 

 Higgins, Butler, F. Smith and M'Lachlan, the Society is indebted for the drawings 



