1885.] ON THE PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA OF JAPAN. 719 



unimpregnated, till at last, in the middle of May, from one of them 

 issued a living young one, and two days afterwards another from 

 the other egg in the same manner. 



" I believe such a long period of incubation very extraordinary and 

 noteworthy. I auswer for the authenticity of this fact. Both 

 young ones died soon, probably for want of suitable food. I put 

 them in spirit, along with the mother, who died much emaciated, 

 about the same time. If you think them interesting, I shall 

 be happy to send them. Perhaps nowhere do they possess so young 

 specimens of this species. The characteristic plaits of the skin 

 along the body and tail are already clearly discernible." 



The following extract was read from a letter addressed to the 

 Secretary by Mr. J. Caldwell, C.M.Z.S., dated "Museum, Port 

 Louis, September 3rd, 1885." 



" I have only a few minutes before the mail leaves, to inform you 

 that the day before yesterday one of my collectors found a hitherto 

 unknown deposit of Dodo bones. I shall be off in a few days to 

 examine it. There is no doubt about the few specimens he brought 

 me, as the upper mandible is precisely the same as that figured in 

 Strickland's Monograph, plate viii., but a trifle larger. I nave 

 given orders not to have any of the remains disturbed till I reach 

 the spot myself, so that there may be no mixing up of the remains 

 of separate birds, if we should be fortunate enough to find anything 

 like an entire specimen. The locality is in the south-west of the 

 island in a small cavern." 



Prof Bell exhibited a particularly fine specimen of the Decapod 

 crustacean Alpheus megacheles, received from Mr. Spencer, who 

 had collected it at Herm, Channel Islands, and made some remarks on 

 it, and on the presence of Spheerechinus granulosus at that islanJ. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. Descriptions of the Phytophagous Coleoptera of Japan 



obtained by Mr. George Lewis during his Second 



Journey^ from February 1880 to September 1881. — 



Part II. Halticince and Galerucince. By Martin 



Jacoby \ 



[Keceived July 22, 1885.] 



(Plate XLVI.) 



The present paper deals with the species of HalticincB and Galeru- 

 cincE obtained by Mr. George Lewis during his second journey in Japan. 

 As was to be expected, the collection contains a greater number of 



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