304 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
EntomoLoaicaL Society oF Lonpon. 
June 2, 1886.—R. M‘Lacutan, Esq., F.R.S., President, in the chair. 
The following gentlemen were elected Fellows of the Society, viz. :— 
Messrs. C. Baron-Clarke, M.A., F.R.S., H. Wallis-Kew, W. Dannatt, 
J. P. Mutch, B. W. Neave, A. C. F. Morgan, and Wm. Warren. 
The President announced that Mr. F. E. Robinson, a Fellow of the 
Society, and formerly a pupil of Prof. Westwood, had been killed by a tiger 
in India on April 27th last. 
Mr. Stevens exhibited a specimen of Heydenia auromaculata (Frey.), 
from the Shetlands, a species new to Britain. 
Dr. Sharp exhibited a number of specimens of Staphylinide, prepared 
by him some years ago with a view to their special protection and permanent 
- preservation. The insects were placed in cells of cardboard, and these were 
covered above, or above and below, with cardboard, the whole being 
hermetically sealed by applications of successive layers of bleached shellac. 
The President said the plan appeared to be very successful where the 
cardboard cells were left open on both sides, but when the cell was complete 
below only one surface of the insect could be examined. 
Mr. Billups exhibited Meteorus luridus (Ruthe), a species of Ichneu- 
monide new to Britain, obtained by Mr. Bignell. 
Mr. W. White, in exhibiting cocoons of Cerura vinula, called attention 
to the vexed question as to how the perfect insect escapes from these solid 
structures. He was inclined to think that formic acid, secreted by the 
insect, was a probable factor in the operation. The question as to the mode 
of escape from these cocoons of the parasitic _Ichneumonide and Diptera 
was also raised; and the President, Baron Osten-Sacken, Mr. Waterhouse, 
and Prof. Meldola made remarks on the subject. ; 
Mr. Elisha exhibited living larve of Geometra smaragdaria from the 
Essex marshes. He also exhibited the singular pupe of A. Bennetit. 
Mr. Howard Vaughan exhibited a series of several hundred bred speci- 
mens of Peronea hastiana, showing the innumerable varieties of the species. 
He also exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Sidney Webb, of Dover, an interesting 
series of Cidaria suffumata, with especial regard to the progeny of particular 
females, the parent and the produce of the eggs laid by her being carefully 
separated. Mr. Vaughan also read notes on the subject communicated by 
Mr. Webb; and Mr. Jenner Weir, Mr. Waterhouse, Mr. Distant, Dr. 
Sharp, and Mr. Stainton took part in the discussion that ensued. 
Mr. A. G. Butler communicated a paper on ‘‘ New Genera and Species 
of Lepidoptera-Heterocera from the Australian Region,” in which 21 new 
genera and 103 new species were described. 
Mr. J. S. Baly communicated a paper on ‘‘ Uncharacterized Species of 
Diabrotica."—HeErpeErt Goss, Secretary. 
