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knees metallic green ; thorax closely punctured at the sides ; elytra 

 metallic green, closely punctured, the lateral margin with a longi- 

 tudinal costa. 



Var. Elytra obscure cupreous. 



Length 3 lines. 



Head greenish black, finely and closely punctured, depressed 

 between the eyes ; antennae extending to the base of the thorax, 

 the four lower joints fulvous, the rest black, third joint elongate 

 and the longest. Thorax transverse, the sides nearly straight, the 

 anterior angles broadly produced ; surface with several irregular 

 depressions ; the disk impunctate, the sides closely punctured. Scu- 

 tellum black, triangular. Elytra strongly depressed along the suture, 

 very closely and distinctly covered witli larger and smaller punctures, 

 now and then arranged in irregular lines ; parallel and close to the 

 lateral margin runs a narrow ridge or costa nearly to the apex» 

 Underside greenish black, the sides of the breast more or less marked 

 with fulvous ; legs of the same colour, the knees and tarsi greenish 

 or quite black. 



At once distinguished from the other two known species by the 

 unicolorous fulvous thorax, legs, and base of the antennae. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XI. 



Fig. 1. HcBmotiia japana, p. 190. 



2. Donacia constricficollis, p. 192. 



3. Crioceris lewisi, p. 194. 



4. Pedrillia mtifasciata, p. 197. 



5. Chlamys japonica, p. 198. 



6. Cryptocephalus difformis, p. 201. 



7. nohilis, p. 203. 



-partifus, p. 200. 



9. Leprotes pulveridentus, p. 203. 



10. Nodostoma ruficolle, p. 205. 



11. Chrysomela obseiirofasciafa, p, 208. 



12. Gastrolinajapana, p. 210, 



March 3, 1885. 

 Prof. W. H. Flower, LL.D., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



Dr. E. Hamilton laid on the table the specimen of the supposed 

 Wild Cat {Felis catus) from Donegal, Ireland, exhibited by Mr. 

 Tegetmeier at the last meeting, and made the following obser- 

 vations : — 



It is recorded that at the meeting of the Society on Tuesday, 

 January 28, Mr. Tegetmeier exhibited a specimen of the Wild Cat 

 (Felis catus) from County Donegal, Ireland. 



As up to the present time there is no authentic instance of the 



