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A communication was read from Mr. J. 8S. Baly, containing descriptions 
of some new South-American Coleoptera of the genus Diabrotica. 
A communication was read from the Rev. H. S. Gorham, containing 
descriptions of some new species and a new genus of the coleopterous family 
Telephoride from Hastern Asia. Thirty-nine new species and one new 
genus (for which the name Lycocerus was proposed) were described. Of these 
new forms the greater part were from India and China. 
Col. R. H. Beddome read a paper on new land-shells from the island of 
Koror (Pelew group), based on specimens collected for Dr. Hungerford by a 
resident in that island. The series comprised examples of eight new species 
of the genus Diplommatina, of two new and very curious species of 
Endodonta (a section of Helix), and of a remarkable new genus, allied to 
Diplommatina, proposed to be called Hungerfordia. 
Mr. W. E. Hoyle read a paper on the anatomy of a rare cephalopod, 
Gonatus fabricii, originally discovered by Fabricius in the last century, 
but little known in recent times. The author gave a general description of 
the anatomy of the species, and recorded the existence of several tracts 
of cartilage hitherto unobserved in the Cephalopoda. Some details were 
given regarding the structure of the pen-sac and the development of the 
pen, as well as some new facts regarding the structure of the funnel-organ, 
and a suggestion regarding its function. The genus was regarded as being 
somewhat more nearly related to Onychoteuthis than to Enoploteuthis, but 
much further removed from them both than they are from each other. 
The creation of the subfamily Gonatide was then held to be justified.— 
P. L. Sctatsr, Secretary. 
EntomoLoaicaL Society or Lonpon. 
March 6, 1889.—The Rt. Hon. Lord Watsitneuam, M.A., F.R.S., 
President, in the chair. 
The Rev. W. F. Johnson, M.A., of Armagh; the Rev. C. F. Thornewill, 
M.A., of Burton-on-Trent; and Mr. C. R. Straton, F.R.C.8., of Wilton, 
were elected Fellows. 
Mr. F. P. Pascoe exhibited several specimens of the Saiiba Ant 
(CEcodoma cephalotes), from Para, carrying portions of dried leaves. It 
seemed questionable whether the leaves were collected by the Ants for the 
purpose of making their nests or for the sake of some fungus which might 
be growing on them. 
Mr. Jenner-Weir exhibited, and read notes on, specimens of a Butterfly 
(Tirumala petiverana), from Mombaza, Eastern Africa. 
Mr. J. H. Durrant exhibited a living larva of Cossus liyniperda, which 
had entirely lost its ordinary colour and had become first pink and then 
white. He attributed the change, and subsequent loss of colour, to the fact 
