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said to be somewhat smaller than C. sulcicoUis, the elytra to be glossy olivaceous-black, 

 with the interstices of the striae distinctly transversely rugulose, the legs somewhat 

 slender, and the femora armed with a minute tooth, characters which do not apply to 

 the insect exhibited ; it appears, in short, to be undescribed, and Mr. Waterhouse 

 proposed for it the name inornatus. The leading characters are as follows : — 



Ceuthobhynchus inornatus. 

 C. niger, parura nitidus, subtus parce albido-squamosus ; tarsis piceo-ferrugineis ; 

 thorace profiindius punctalo, canaliculato, obsolete bituberculato ; elytris subsulcatis, 

 interstiliis rugulosis subgranulatis, apice indistincte muricatis ; pedibus validis, femor- 

 ibus fortius dentatis. 



The Secretary read a paper by T. "V. Wollaston, Esq., intituled " On the Ptinidae 

 of the Canary Islands.'' 



July 1, 1861. 



G. R. Waterhouse, Esq., V.P., in the chair. 



Donations. 

 The following donations were announced, and thants ordered to be presented to 

 the donors : ' Exotic Butterflies,' Part 39 ; presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 

 ' Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,' Vol. v. No. 20, and second sup- 

 plement (Botany) ; by the Society. ' List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects 

 in the Collection of the British Museum,' by Francis Walker, F.L.S., &c.. Part xxii. 

 (Geometriles) ; by the Author. * The Zoologist,' for July ; by the Editor. ' Liste des 

 Hymenopteres Recueillis en Sicile par M. E. Bellier de la Chavignerie, pendant les 

 mois d'Aout et Septembre, 1859,' par le Dr. Sichel ; by the Author. ' The Journal of 

 the Society of Arts ' for June ; by the Society. ' Stettiner Entomologische Zeilung,' 

 Vol. xxii. Nos. 4—6 ; by the Society. ' The Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer,' 

 Nos. 240—247 ; by H. T. Stainton, Esq. ' Eeport of a Lecture delivered by J. O. 

 Westwood, Esq., M.A, F.L.S., Hope Professor of Zoology in the University of Oxford, 

 on the Metamorphoses of Insects, at the Eoyal Institution of Great Britain, on Friday, 

 May 24, 1861 ; by the Author. ' Pocket Catalogue of British Coleoptera ;' by the 

 Author, G. R. Waterhouse, Esq. 



Vote of Thanhs. 

 A cordial vote of thanks was passed to W. Wilson Saunders, Esq., for the liberal 

 entertainment provided by him on the occasion of the Society's excursion to Reigate, 

 on the 2lst ult. 



Election of a Subscriber. 

 Robert Hackshaw, Esq., of Merton Road, Kensington was balloted for, and elected 

 a Subscriber to the Society. 



Exhibitions. 

 Mr. Baly exhibited the type specimens of the new species of Hispids in Mr. Bow- 

 ring's collection, described in the first part of the 'Catalogue of Hispidse,' prepared by 

 him for the Trustees of the British Museum. 



