99 : January, 



Mr. M. Jacoby exhibited certain species and varieties of the genus Ceroglossus 

 from Chili, and Dr. D. Sharp, Mr. J. J. Walker, and Mr. Champion made remarks 

 on their geographical distribution. 



Prof. Scudder exhibited the type-specimen of a fossil butterfly — Prodryas 

 Persephone — found in beds of Tertiary Age {Oligocene) at Florissant, Colorado. 

 He said the species belonged to the Nymphalidce, and the specimen was remarkable 

 as being in more perfect condition than any fossil butterfly from the European 

 Tertiaries. He also stated that he had found a bed near the White River on the 

 borders of Utah, in which insects were even more abundant than in the Florissant 

 beds. Dr. Sharp, Mr. Kirby, Mr. H. G-oss, and the President took part in the dis- 

 cussion which ensued. 



Mr. Goss exhibited hibernating larvae of Spilothyrus alcem, which had been sent 

 to him by Mr. F. Bromilow from St. Maurice, Nice. 



Mr. W. F. H. Blandford read a paper, entitled, " The Rhynchophorous Coleop- 

 tera of Japan. Part iii. Scolytidee." The President, Dr. Sharp, Mr. Champion, 

 Mr. McLachlan and Mr. J. J. Walker took part in the discussion which ensued 

 concerning the distribution of the group and the admixture of Paleearctic and 

 Oriental forms in Japan. 



Mr. Gr. T. Bethune-Baker read a paper, entitled, "Notes on some Lepidoptera 

 received from the neighbourhood of Alexandria," and exhibited the specimens. 

 Mr. McLachlan suggested that the scarcity of insects in lower Egypt was possibly 

 to be accounted for by the fact that much of the country was under water for a 

 portion of the year, and Dr. Sharp said that another cause of the scarcity was the 

 cultivation of every available piece of land for centuries past. The President and 

 Mr. J. J. Walter continued the discussion. 



Mr. C. O. Waterhoiise read a paper, entitled, " Further Observations on the 

 Tea-Bugs {Helopeltis) of India." 



Dr. F. A. Dixey communicated a paper, entitled, " On the Phylogeny of the 

 Pierince, as illustrated by their wing-markings and Greographical Distribution." — 

 H. Goss and W. W. Fowler, Hon. Secretaries. 



A SYNOPSIS OF BRITISH PSYCHODlDJi. 



BY THE REV. A. E. EATON", M.A., F.E.S. 

 {concluded from vol. iv, page 130). 



The Geographical Distribution of Pstchodid^ 

 can here be treated of only in a very summary manner, owing to the 

 small amount of information available. Many species have been 

 described from countries exterior to Europe, under the generical name 

 of Psychoda ; but it is probable that the name was applied to them 

 in a comprehensive popular sense that throws no light upon the range 

 of this genus. A magazine-drawer in one of the British Museum 

 cabinets contains a single $ Psyclioda, captured by the author at 

 Capetown in 1874 ; a Fericoma allied to P. ocellaris, obtained by 



