32 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



but the introduction of the Kingfisher (Halcyon sancta, Vig.) might prove 

 useful, as Mr. E. L. Layard had related in ' The Field' (August 10, 1878), 

 that this bird fed greedily on Cicadida, &c, in New Caledonia. Lopaphus 

 cocophages was the species mentioned by Mr. Nightingale (Trans. Ent^Soc. 

 Lond. i. p. lxiii; Proc. July 6th, 1835) as so very destructive to the cocoa- 

 nut trees in the neighbouring Friendly Tsles. 



The Secretary read a communication received from the Colonial Office 

 with reference to the report upon the insect which attacks the eggs of 

 locusts ; also an enclosure from Sir Robert Biddulph, High Commissioner 

 of Cyprus, enquiring whether the insect itself might not be destructive to 

 crops and vegetation ; and further, an extract from a letter from Lieut.-Col. 

 Sir C. Wilson, H.M. Consul-General in Anatolia, recommending certain 

 mechanical steps to be taken with a view to the limitation of locust attacks, 

 also suggesting the introduction of the Russet Starling, or Locust-bird, 

 (Pastor roseus, Linn.). 



Mr. D. Sharp communicated the descriptions of " Some new Coleoptera 

 from the Hawaiian Islands." 



Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse read a paper " On some new South American 

 Coleoptera of the family Rutelida," resulting from the examination of some 

 Rutelidce collected by Mr. Buckley in Ecuador; which were described, together 

 with others already in the British Museum Collection. 



Prof. J. 0. Westwood communicated the " Description of the immature 

 state of a Ceylouese insect (Dyscritina lonyisetosa) apparently belonging to an 

 uudescribed genus." 



Mr. P. Cameron communicated some " Notes on Hymenoptera, with 

 descriptions of new species." 



November 2, 1881.— H. T. Stainton, Esq., F.R.S., &c, President, in 

 the chair. 



Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse exhibited a variety of Urapteryx sambucaria, L., 

 captured at Wandsworth. Also a specimen of a recently characterized 

 Hemipteron, Aepopliilus Bonnairii, Sign., discovered in the British Museum 

 Collection, labelled " Polperro, Cornwall," no doubt of British origin. 



Mr. W. F. Kirby exhibited a new species of Anthema (A. macroph- 

 thalma, Kirby), received from the Gold Coast. 



Mr. Kirby also exhibited, on behalf of Mr. P. Cameron, numerous 

 microscopic preparations of the saws, mouth parts, and other details of 

 various Hymenoptera. 



The Rev. A. E. Eaton exhibited pieces of honeycomb, constructed, by 

 a community of hive-bees, in the open air, upon the outside of an exposed 

 bare wall, quite uusheltered from the afternoon sun. At the end of last 

 May, Mr. W. Herbert Evans, of Forde Abbey, Dorset, noticed a protuberauce 

 on the western wall of the principal wing of his residence placed just under- 



