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of which the author had been assisted by Messrs. 0. Thomas and R. B. 

 Sharpe. 



The next meeting of the Society will be held on December 6th. 



Entomological Society of London. 



November 7, 1888. — Dr. D. Sharp, F.L.S., President, in the chair. 



Mr. H. Stuart Fremlin, M.R.C.S., of Mereworth, Maidstone, and Mr. 

 G. V. Hudson, of Wellington, New Zealand, were elected Fellows. 



Mons. A. Wailly exhibited a large and interesting collection of Butter- 

 flies recently received from the Gold Coast and other parts of West Africa. 

 The collection included about forty-seven species belonging to the genera 

 Papilio, Diadema, Salamis, Romalaosoma, Charaxes, Harma, Eurypheme, 

 Junonia, Aterica, Hypanis, Eurytela, Mycalesis, Cyrestis, Nepheronia, My- 

 lothris, Belenois, &c. Mons. Wailly stated that several of the species were 

 undescribed, and were not represented in the British Museum Collections. 



Mr. Jeuner Weir exhibited four bred specimens of Ant-lions, two of 

 which were from Saxon Switzerland, and the other two from Fontaiubleau. 

 He stated that he believed the specimens belonged to two distinct species. 

 Mr. M'Lachlan said that the specimens all belonged to one species, viz. 

 Myrmeleon formicarius, Auct. — europaus, M'Lach. 



Mr. W. C. Boyd exhibited an example of Pterophorus zetterstedtii, taken 

 at Sydenham. He remarked that this species had hitherto only been 

 recorded from Lynmouth and Folkestone. 



Mr. Enock exhibited specimens of Cecidomyia destructor (Hessian Fly), 

 illustrating the life-history of the species, and made remarks on them. 



Mr. Wallis Kew exhibited a specimen of Dytiscus marginalis having a 

 small bivalve shell attached to one of its legs. The bivalve had apparently 

 attacked the Dytiscus and refused to relax its grasp. A discussion ensued, 

 in which Dr. Sharp, Mr. Stainton, and Mr. Kew took part. 



Mr. W. E. Nicholson exhibited several specimens of Acidalia immorata, 

 Linn., caught by him near Lewes. Mr. Jeuner Weir remarked that the 

 species had only recently been added to the British list, and that it was 

 remarkable how so comparatively large a species could have been hitherto 

 overlooked. It was also remarked that a specimen of this species from the 

 collection of the late Mr. Desvigues had been exhibited by Mr. Stevens at 

 the meeting of the Society in November, 1887. 



Dr. Sharp exhibited a large number of species of Rhynchophora, collected 

 by Mr. George Lewis in Japan. 



Mr. F. P. Pascoe read a paper entitled " Descriptions of new Longicorn 

 Coleoptera." 



Dr. Sharp read a paper entitled " The Rhynchophorous Coleoptera of 

 Japan." — H. Goss, Hon. Secretary. 



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