154 REV. H. S. GORHAM ON NEW COLEOPTERA. [Mar. 16, 



March 16, 1886. 



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



Mr. F. D. Godman, F.R.S., exhibited a series of examples of a 

 Butterfly, Banais plexippus, from various localities, and made remarks 

 on its distribution, which seemed to be gradually extending itself all 

 over the world. 



Professor Bell stated that the species of Balanoylossus, an imperfect 

 example of which he had exhibited to the Society on November the 

 17th of last year, had been described and named by M. R. Koehler, 

 who had called it B. sarniensis ' ; the specimen on which his descrip- 

 tion was based had also come from the island of Herm. Since the read- 

 ing of that description, M. G. Pouchet - had reported to the Academy 

 of Sciences that the species in question had been found at various 

 localities on the nortliern and north-western coasts of France. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. Ou new Geuera and Species of Endomychidce. 

 By the Rev. H. S. Gorham, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



[Ecceived March 5, 1886.] 

 (Plate XVII.) 



The object of the following descriptions is to make known several 

 most interesting and beautiful Coleoptera of the i&mWy Endomychidce 

 from various sources, but which are chiefly due to Mr. George 

 Lewis's collections made in Ceylon in 1882-3. A portion, however, 

 are species that have been long known to me, as they are based on 

 specimens collected by Mr. Bates on the Amazons. Of these there 

 were mostly but one or two of each species, and it would no doubt 

 have been satisfactory to have seen more examples ; of this, however, 

 there seems but slender hope, while if left uudescribed the specimens 

 are practically lost. Two or three most interesting species, forming 

 a new genus, are from examples in Mr. Cowan's Madagascar collec- 

 tion ; for the opportunity of describing these my thanks are due to 

 Dr. Sharp. 



Spathomeles. 



1. Spathomeles inflatus. (Plate XVII. fig. 5.) 



Ohlongus, niger, nitidus ; elytris piceo-purpurascentibus, marginibus 



nigris, humeris calloso-injlatis. Long. 10 millim. $ ? 

 Hab.* Ceylon. 

 Head, antennae, legs, prothorax, and underside shining black. 



' Comptes Rendus, cii. (25 Jan. 1886) p. 224. 

 2 L. c. p. 272. 



