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behind ; moderate]) convex ; well clotbed witb whitish pubescence ; black, with the 

 antennse, pails of the mouth, legs and apex of the abdomen, as well as the spots on the 

 el^'lra, testaceous ; the femora, however, are dusky at the base. The upper surface is 

 densely and finely punctured, but on the elytra the punctuation is ralher less dense 

 than on the thorax. The anterior spot on each elytron is moderately large and oblong, 

 extends from the humeral callosity inwards and slightly downwards, and terminates 

 far short of the suture ; it is somewhat contracted in width in the middle, and most 

 dilated on the inner half. The second spot is much smaller, placed about midway 

 between the anterior spot and the apex of the elytra, and nearer to the suture than ihe 

 upper spot ; it is slightly transverse, broad and rounded on the side nearest the suture, 

 and gradually contracted in width externally. Both spots show a slight tendency to a 

 lunate form. The reflected margin of ihe apical portion of the elytra is rufous, 



" I have seen no other reputed British examples of this species, and hope that this 

 notice will elicit further information. 



" Stephens, in his ' Illustrations ' (Mand. iv. p. 393, sp. 7), very briefly describes 

 an insect (Scymnus colon) in these terms : — 'Shining black, slightly pubescent ; tho- 

 rax immaculate ; elytra each with two small luleous spots placed longitudinally ; apex 

 of abdomen rufescent. Length 1 lin. I have seen one specimen only of this species, 

 which was captured at Wood Ditton, May 19, 1827 ; Rev. L. Jenyns.' Should this 

 be identical with the insect exhibited (and I think with Mulsant that such is the case), 

 we have here a locality for the species." 



Paper read. 

 Mr. Stainton read a paper " On the European species of the Genus Cosmopteryx " 

 this was illustrated by a single coloured figure, which, by an ingenious contrivance, 

 was made to display the characters of and distinctions between four of the closely- 

 allied species. 



December 7, 1863. 



Feedertck Smith, Esq., President, in tlie chair. 



Donations to the Library, 

 The following donations were announced, and thanks voted to the respective donors : 

 — 'Proceedings of ihe Royal Society,' Vol. xiii. No. 58; presented by the Society. 

 'Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,' Vol. vii. No. 27; by the Society. 

 'Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh,' Sessions 1858-62 ; by the 

 Society. ' Bulletin de la Sociele Imperiale des Naluralistes de Moscou,' Annee 1862, 

 Nos. 2, 3, 4 ; by the Society. ' The Journal of Entomology,' Vol. ii. No. 9 ; by the 

 Proprielors. 'On Parallel Relations of the Classes of Vertebrates, and on some Cha- 

 racteristics of the Reptilian Birds;' 'The Classification of Animals based on the 

 principle of Cephalizatiou ;' by the Author, James D. Dana, Esq. ' On the Genus 

 Acenlropus ;' by the Author, Edwin Brown, Esq. ' Noles on some new or little-known 

 species of Freshwater Enlomostraca ; ' by the Author, John Lubbock, Esq., F.R.S., 

 F.L.S., &c. ' Sepp, Nederlandsche Insecten,' 2e Serie, Nos. 11—34 ; by the Author, 

 C. Snellen van Vollenhoveu, Esq. ' The Intellectual Observer,' Nos. 22 and 23 ; by 

 the Publishers. ' The Zoologist ' for December ; by the Editor. ' The Farm and 



