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" The following notes are copied, almost verbatim, from those I made at the time 

 in my entomological note-book: — 



" Calosoma Curtisii. — No7. 1, 1852. The first of the season taken and brought to 

 me; smallest had yet; very bright green ; found below N. Adelaide hills. 



" Nov. 2. Found self another Calosoma in foot-path between N. and S. Adelaide, 

 in Square near the Church ; also small ; running quickly. 



" Nov. 3. Found three more Calosomas, foot of N. Adelaide hills, 4 p. m. ; running 

 across paths. (Caterpillars of Plusia abundant). 



" Nov. 5. Five Calosomas ; two in morning ; three in afternoon ; morning at same 

 place — ford or crossing place. 



"Nov. 6. Four more Calosomas; always found at foot, never top of hills; always 

 in paths with grass at sides ; all those found last few days full-sized. 



" Nov. 8. Four more Calosomas; same places. 



" Not. 9. Five more, one of these for first time in grass, and not very near 

 path. 



"Nov. 10. Extraordinary day for Calosomas; found altogether twenty-four in 

 compass of half a mile. 



" Nov. 11, 12 and 13. Respectively four, two and one of these beetles. 



" Nov. 15. Two Calosomas ; one a female burrowing in ground, as if to lay. 



" Nov. 16. Four more Calosomas, under cow-dung in park lands N. Adelaide ; 

 two under one piece ; also two large larvae, first I have seen, probably larvae of these 

 beetles ; very active indeed, jumping about when touched ; exuded a dull white matter. 

 Colour dull black with red bands. (Figure here drawn). In evening of same day 

 one Calosoma flew into room. 



" Nov. 17. Another Calosoma-larva under cow-dung. 



"Nov. 19. Saw the curious larva of the Calosoma crossing the road quickly, 

 nearly as quickly as the beetle itself, in same spot as before — i. e. near ford. 



"Nov. 20. Another larva, same kind, crossing the road." 



Paper read. 

 Mr. M'Lachlan read a paper " On the Types of Phryganidae described by Fabri- 

 cius from the Banksian Collection." In this paper the Limnephilus intercisus of 

 Walker was identified with the Phrygauea irrorata, Fabr., and the Dipseudopsis 

 capensis of Walker with the Phrygauea notata, Fabr., it being conceived that 

 Fabricius was in error in staling that the latter was from North America ; and the 

 third type-species, P. signata, Fabr., was referred to the genus Brachycentrus of 

 Curtis, possibly B. incanus of Hagen. 



