2146 The Zoologist— May, 1870. 



Entomological Society of Berlin. ' Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society,' 

 series 2, vol. vi. part 1 ; by the Society. ' Natural History of the Tineina,' 

 vol. xi. ; by H. T. Stainton, Esq. 



Election of Members. 

 The Rev. Richard P. Murray, of Mount Murray, Isle of Man, was elected 

 a Member. M. J. C. Puis, of Ghent, was elected a Foreign Member. 



Eahibitioyis, Sc. 



Prof. Westwood exhibited a number of locusts, which formerly belonged to 

 the collections of some of the principal entomologists in the early part of the 

 century, and which still Lore the labels of those entomologists " migratoria, 

 Linn." These insects, however, were not the migratoria of i''ischer, but were 

 the cinerascens of Fabricius and Fischer, of which Christii of Curtis was only 

 a synonym. The principal distinguishing character was the form of the 

 pronotum, which in one was narrowed before the middle, and almost flat on 

 the top, but in the other was of equfil breadth throughout, and arched on the 

 top, with the dorsal carina more raised and prominent. Prof. Westwood 

 remarked that tradition and old specimens were, on a point of this kind, of 

 more importance than figures in antique works, and he thought Fischer had 

 made a mistake, and applied the name migratoria to the wrong insect. On the 

 evidence aflforded by these old specimens, he suggested that the true migratoria 

 of Linne was not the locust with a flat or but slightly carinate pronotum, 

 constricted in front, but the locust with an arched pronotum, with the crest or 

 median ridge higher and more produced in front. 



Mr. F. Smith said that, in consequence of a doubt expressed by Prof. West- 

 wood at a previous Meeting, he had written to Prof. Stal, of Stockholm, who 

 informed him that the insect placed in the Stockholm Museum as the migratoria 

 of Linne is the form described under that uame l)y Fischer. Dr. Stal further 

 said that he had never had any doubt aliout the species, as Fischer's migratoria 

 is the only species of locust which to his knowledge had ever been found 

 in Sweden. Mr. Smith remarked that Linne described migratoria in the 

 Fauna Suecica; Fischer was acquainted with both migratoria and cinerascens, 

 and figured their distinguishing characters, migratoria having a flat prothorax, 

 cinerascens an aiched one; and now to apply the name migratoria to the form 

 with the arched prothorax, on the strength of the specimens so labelled, would 

 only be productive of confusion. 



Prof. Westwood said that he had examined Major Parry's specimen of 

 Nicagns obscurns (vide S. S. 2071), and without saying to what group of 

 Lamellicorns the genus was properly referable, he felt clear that it did not 

 belong to any of the Lucanoid families. 



The Rev. H. S. Gorham sent for exhibition British specimens of Sunius 

 neglectus, Maerhel, accompanied by the following note : — 



