120 THE ZOOLOGIS'. 
Rev. George Brown. Four species were described as new, and proposed 
to be called Megalurus interscapularis, Pecilodryas ethiops, Munia melena, 
and Rallus insignis —P. L. Scuater, Secretary. 
ENTOMOLOGICAL Society oF Lonpon. 
December 3, 1879.—J. W. Dunntnc, M.A., F.L.S., Vice-President, in 
the chair. 
Donations to the Library having been announced, and thanks voted to 
the respective donors, the Chairman read out a list of the names of the 
Officers and Council proposed for election on January 21st, 1880. 
Mr. Howard Vaughan exhibited a series of remarkable varieties of 
Lycena Corydon, taken at Dover, one specimen, a female, being suffused 
with blue on the upper side of the left pair of wings only, whilst the right 
wings were uniformly brown. 
Mr. W. L. Distant exhibited a hitherto unrecorded variety of Danais 
plexippus, Linn. (commonly known as D. archippus), received from Antigua, 
in which the rufous coloration was quite absent, the ground colour being 
dull pale testaceous. Although another similar specimen was received, the 
variety could not be considered as a Jocal form, Antiguan specimens of the 
species usually being typical. 
Mr. T. R. Billups exhibited the following beetles ;—Pseudopsis suleata 
(Box Hill); Agathidium nigrinum (Caterham Valley); Anisotoma grandis 
(Box Hill); Leptinus testaceus (Burford Bridge); and Carabus auratus, 
taken in the Borough Market. 
Mr. C. O. Waterhouse mentioned a remarkable instance of tenacity of 
life observed by Dr. Percy in a specimen of Curculio cleonus. 
The Rev. H. S. Gorham read a paper entitled “ Materials for a Revision 
of the Lampyrida.” 
In connection with the light-emitting power of this family, Mr. Bates 
remarked that certain species of Longicorns mimicked Lampyrids with great 
exactness, the light-giving segments of the latter being perfectly represented 
in the Longicorns, although destitute of phosphorescent power. 
Mr. J. W. Slater communicated a paper “On certain Minute Characters 
of Insects, with reference to the Theory of Evolution.” 
Mr. Roland Trimen communicated a paper “On some hitherto un- 
determined Butterflies inhabiting Southern Africa.” 
Mr. P. H. Gosse, F.R,S., communicated a paper “On Papilio Homerus, 
its Ovum and Larva,” the habitat of which is limited to restricted regions 
in the island of Jamaica. —R. Mextpoua, Hon. See. 
