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Mr. Whitehead during his recent visit to Kina Balu. The collection was 
stated to comprise an unusual proportion of new and remarkable forms. 
This meeting closed the session.—P. L. Scuarsr, Secretary. 
Exromorocicatn Socrery or Lonpon. 
August 7, 1889.—The Right Hon. Lord WatsineHaM, M.A., F.B.S., 
President, in the chair. 
The Rey. John Walley, of Wuhu, China, was elected a Fellow ; 
Professor Charles V. Riley, of Washington, United States, was elected an 
Honorary Fellow in place of the late Dr. Signoret, of Paris; and Colonel 
Swinhoe and the Rev. F. D. Morrice were admitted into the Society. 
Mr. Walter F. Blandford exhibited a specimen of Cardiophorus cinereus, 
Herbst, taken at Tenby, and remarked that the species had rarely, if ever, 
previously been found in the United Kingdom. Mr. C. O. Waterhouse said 
he believed that there was a specimen in the collection of his late father 
and also another specimen in the collection of the British Museum. 
Mr. Waterhouse stated that the British Museum had just received from 
the Rev. Arthur Elwin, of Hangchow, China, a luminous larva about 14 in. 
long and 34 lines broad, which he believed to be one of the Lampyrida. 
Lord Walsingham exhibited specimens of Conchylis degreyana, M‘Lach., 
bred from seed-heads of Plantago lanceolata at Merton, Norfolk ; also a 
specimen of Tineide allied to the genus Solenobia, probably belonging to 
Dissoctena, Staud., but differing somewhat in the structure of the antenne. 
Lord Walsingham remarked that the specimen was taken by himself at Merton 
on the 31st July last, and that the species was apparently undescribed. 
Mr. Meyer-Darcis exhibited a collection of Coleoptera, comprising 
specimens of a species of Loethrus from Turkestan ; Julodis globithoraz, Stev., 
from the Caucasus; a new species of Julodis from Kurdistan ; Cardiaspis 
Mouhotii, Saunders, from Sikkim; Carabus smaragdinus, Fisch., from 
Siberia; Julodis ampliata, Mars., from Aintab, Asia Minor, and a variety 
of the same from Kurdistan; and Julodis luteogramma, Mars., from Syria, 
and a variety of the same from Kurdistan. 
Mr. H. Goss read extracts from letters from Mr. R. W. Fereday, of 
New Zealand, and Sir John Hall, K.C.M.G., relating to a number of 
Lepidoptera collected recently at sea, about half way between the River 
Plate and Rio, at a distance of over 250 miles from land, in about 30° S. 
lat. and 46° W. longitude. It was stated that the ship was surrounded by 
swarms of moths. Mr. J.J. Walker, R.N., observed that he had seen a 
large number of insects at sea about 150 miles off the coast of Brazil, and 
he referred to other records of the capture of insects at sea in Darwin's 
‘ Voyage of the Beagle,’ and Dr. Coppinger’s ‘ Cruise of the Alert.’ The 
discussion was continued by Dr. Sharp, Lord Walsingham, Mr. White, 
Mr. Kirby, and others. 
