1(38 [July, 1894. 



Mr. McLachlan exhibited for Mr. J. W. Doujrlas male specimens of a Coccid 

 (Lecanium prunastri), bred from scales attached to shoots of blackthorn {Prunus 

 spinosa) received from Herr Karel Sulc, of Prague. Mr. Douglas communicated 

 notes on the subject, in which he stated that the species was common on blackthorn 

 in France and Germany, and should be found in Britain. 



Lord Walsingham exhibited a series of Cacoecia Podana, Scop., reared from 

 larvse feeding on Lapageria and palms in Messrs. Veitch's conservatories in King's 

 Koad, Chelsea, including some very dark (melanic) varieties. The Honble. Walter 

 Eothschild stated that he had taken the species on lime. Mr. Harapson and Mr. 

 Tutt also made some remarks on the habits of the species. 



Mr. C. Fenn exhibited a long series of Selenia lunaria, bred from one batch of 

 eggs, including both the spring and summer forms ; and also two unforced speci- 

 mens, which emerged in November. He remarked that the variation between the 

 two emergencies, viz., spring and summer, is considerable, and also the range of 

 variation inter se, especially in the spring from ; but it is very remarkable that the 

 summer form has one or two representatives among the specimens of the spring 

 emergence. He said that the parent female was taken at Bexley in May, 1893. 



Mr. F. Lovell Keays exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Arthur Lovell Keays, a variety 

 of L. Alexis (female), having the marginal ocelli on the hind-wings entirely without 

 the usual orange-coloured lunules. The specimen was captured at Caterham on 

 May 22nd, 1894, and was the first example of the species observed by the captor 

 this season. Mr. Barrett made some remarks on the specimen. 



Mr. J. H. Durrant exhibited a series of Steganoptycha pygmceana, Hb., taken 

 at Merton, Norfolk, between the 25th March and the middle of April last. Lord 

 Walsingham made some remarks on the species. 



Mr. H. G-08S read an extract from a report from Mr. J. R. Preece, H.M. Consul 

 at Ispahan, to the Foreign Office, on the subject of damage caused to the wheat 

 crop in the district of Rafsinjan by an insect which was called " Sen " by the natives, 

 and which he described as " like a flying bug, reddish-olive in colour, with heavy 

 broad shoulders." Mr. Gross said he had been asked by Mr. W. H. Preece, C.B., to 

 ascertain, if possible, the name of the species known to the natives as " Sen." Dr. 

 Sharp said that in the absence of a specimen of the insect it was impossible to 

 express an opinion as to the identity of the species. 



The Bev. Canon Fowler exhibited for Miss Ormerod specimens of Diloboderus 

 abderus, Sturm, Eucranium arachnoides, BrulL, and Megathopa violacea, Blanch., 

 which she had received from the La Plata district of the Argentine Territories, 

 where they were said to be damaging the grass crops. He also read notes from 

 Miss Ormerod on the subject. 



Mr. Hampson raised an important point as to what was the legal " date of pub- 

 lication " of Part I of the Transactions of the Society, 1894. He pointed out that 

 the question of the priority of the names of certain new species described therein 

 would depend upon the date of publication. A long discussion then ensued, in 

 which Dr. Sharp, the Honble. W. Rothschild, Mr. Goss, Mr. McLachlan, Lord 

 Walsingham, Prof. Poulton, and Mr. Verrall took part. 



Professor Franz Klapalek, of Prague, communicated a paper, entitled, " Descrip- 

 tions of a new species of Raphidia, L., and of three new species of Trichoptera from 

 the Balkan Peninsula, with critical remarks on Panorpa gibberosa, McLach." — 

 H. Goss and W. W. Fowler, Ron. Secretaries. ' 



