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nearly all of which have the elytra and the greater part of the under 

 surface black (var. nigrans), which seems to be the prevailing form 

 of the species ; the pale yellowish form (described as L. xanthophcea 

 from a single example) being therefore a variety. 



Lgbia callitrema. 



L.comitatse (Bates) ex Japonid proxime affinis et similis. Flavo- 

 testacea, elytris vitta siiturali postice sensim vel subito dilatata, 

 paidlo post scutellum incipienti et ante apiceni terminata, nigra, 

 strigaqiie ahbreviata apiicl interstitium Svum infuscata ; capite 

 leevi ; thorace mediocriter transversa ab angulis anticis rotun- 

 dato-ampliato, postice vix perspieue angustato {lateribus levis- 

 sime sinuatis), angulis posticis rectis, margine laterali late 

 explanato-reflexo, lobo basali mediocriter elongate, dorso vage 

 sed distincte strigoso ; elytris profunde striatis intersfitiisque 

 convexis. Tarsi articulo 4° anguste bilobato. 



Long. G millim. 



April 16, 1889. 

 Dr. A. Giinther, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Secretary exhibited a pair of a fine large Buprestine Beetle of 

 the genus Julodis {Julodisffinchi, Waterh.) (see P. Z. S. 1885, p. 64), 

 of which a single specimen had been previously transmitted by Mr. 

 B. T. Ffinch, C.M.Z.S., in 1884, from Karachi. 



These specimens, likewise transmitted to the Society by Mr. Ffinch, 

 had been obtained in the same locality. The previous specimen 

 was a female. The male was similar but narrower and smaller. It 

 was proposed to deposit the specimens, in Mr. Ffinch's name, iu the 

 British Museum. 



The Secretary also exhibited a specimen of an Insect transmitted 

 hy Mrs. Talbot, wife of Major Talbot, Consul General of Bagdad. 

 Mrs. Talbot wrote that this was a very destructive insect which 

 abounds at Bagdad, and was called by the native gardeners " Harub." 

 It was seldom seen above ground and made long burrows, throwing 

 up the earth in ridges all over the garden and destroying a considerable 

 number of young plants. 



Mr. C. 6. Waterhouse, to whom Mr. Sclater had submitted the 

 specimen, pronounced it to be the common Mole-cricket of Europe, 

 Gryllotalpa vulgaris. 



Mr. Sclater made some remarks on the animals noticed in the 

 Zoological Gardens of Rotterdam, Amsterdam, and Antwerp, which 

 he had recently visited. 



In the Rotterdam Gardens, on a row of trees immediately adjoin- 

 ing the large covered Aviary in which the Night-Herons bred, 



