86 



" M. Jacquelin Dii Val has shortly described and figured in his ' Genera des 

 Coleopteres d'Europe,' page 13, plate 10, fig. 21 bis et 21 bis A, under the name of 

 Barypeithes rufipes, an insect which is nothing but the Omias sulcifrons, Sch., t. vii. 

 pars 1, piige 143, a species, as far as I am informed, only found, until the present time, 

 in England, but now also pertaining to French-Britain's Fauna, the specimens in the 

 collection of M. Chevrolat having been caught in the neighbourhood of Brest; no un- 

 usual fact, for I have received from M. de Leseleuc, who resides in the Department du 

 Finestere, several species, which had been recorded as British only before his investiga- 

 tions. The national name of British is then not the only point of resemblance between 

 the two countries. 



" The value of M. Jacquelin Du Val's generic characters, as well as the place he 

 gives to this insect (which, in my opinion, should be connected with Omias), I propose 

 to discuss in ray next note. I venture to say at present, that both the description and 

 the figure do not permit one to recognise the insect, and I have to add that Boheman's 

 description in Schonherr (loc. cit.) is perfect." 



• April 2, 1855. ^ 



John Curtis, Esq., President, in the chair. 



Donations. 



The following donations were announced, and thanks ordered to be given to the 

 donors : — ' Abhandlungeu der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Classe der Kciniglich 

 Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaflen,' Vol. xvii. Part 2 ; ' Bulletin der Koniglich 

 Akademie der Wissenschaften,' Nos. I — 52, 1853; ' Ueber das Klima von Miinchen,' 

 von Karl Kuhn; by the Academy. 'The Literary Gazette' for March; by the 

 Editor. 'Journal of the Society of Arts' for March; 'Catalogue of the Seventh 

 Exhibition of Inventions;' both by the Society of Arts. ' Proceedings of the Royal 

 Society,' Vol. vii. Nos. 9 and 10 ; by the Society. ' The Zoologist' for April; by the 

 Editor. ' Proceedings of the Berwickshire Naturalist's Club,' Vol. iii. No. 5 ; by the 

 Club. ' The Entomologist's Annual for 1855,' 2i)d Edition ; by the Editor. Hewit- 

 son's 'Exotic Butterflies,' Part 14; by W. W. Saunders, Esq. ' Eutomologische 

 Zeitung,' 1855, Nos. 1 and 2; by the Entomological Society of Stettin. Fifty-two 

 specimens of British Lepidoptera; by H. Doubleday, Esq. 



Distribution of the Society's Duplicate Insects. 



The Secretary announced that the Council had determined to distribute among the 

 Members the duplicate specimens in the Society's collection of British Coleoptera, 

 Exotic Coleoptera and Exotic Diurnal Lepidoptera ; and that, in order to give the 

 country Members an opportunity of selection, the distribution would not take place 

 until after the June meeting. The Council did not make any condilicTn of exchange, 

 but they hoped the Members would, in return, contribute as far as they were able the 

 desiderata to the Society's collection. 



