144 [May, 1890. 



Haw., showing a melanic tendency. Messrs. Skinner, R. W. Adkin, and W. West 

 exhibited Coleoptera ; the latter gentleman a very interesting collection from the 

 Colombian Eepublic. Other exhibits were made by Messrs. Billups, Step, Manger, 

 Tugwell, &c.— H. W. Babkek, Hon. Sec. 



Entomological Society of London : April 2nd, 1890.— Fkedebick DuOane 

 GoDMAN, Esq., M.A., F.R.S, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. a. Bryant, of 6, Oakley Crescent, Chelsea, S.W. ; Mr. A. E. Hall, of Nor- 

 bury, Pitts Moor, Sheffield ; Mr. J. J. F. X. King, of 207, Sauchiehall Street, 

 Glasgow ; Mr. H. C. Oakshott, of De BeauToir House, Falmouth ; Mr. A. E. Stearns, 

 of The Lodge, Upper Halliford, Walton-on-Thames ; and Mr. G. Vigers, of Hershara, 

 Surrey, were elected Fellows. 



Mr. Godman announced the death of Mr. Joseph S. Baly, of Warwick, the well- 

 known Coleopterist, who had been a Member of the Society for the last forty years. 

 Dr. Sharp exhibited and made remarks on a female specimen of a Coleopterous 

 insect — TemnocMla quadricollis, Reitt. — which was the subject of a very unusual 

 malformation of the nature termed " ectromelie " by Lacordaire. 



Mr. R. W. Lloyd exhibited three specimens of Elater pomonce, taken at Brock- 

 enhurst, in the New Forest, about the middle of March last. 



Colonel Swinhoe exhibited, and read notes on, a number of butterflies of the 

 genus Euthalia. He pointed out that the specimens described as a species by the 

 name of Euthalia Sedeva were only the females of E. Balarama. 



Mr. T. R. Billups exhibited male and female specimens of Cecidomyia salicis- 

 siliqua, Walsh, which had just emerged from galls received from Mr. Cockerell, who 

 had collected them on a species of sallow in Colorado. He also exhibited three 

 species of Ichneumonidep new to Britain, viz.. Ichneumon Haglundi, Holmgr., bred 

 by Messrs. Adkin and Barker from Arctia fuliginosa ; Phygadeuon rufo-niger, 

 Bridg., taken in Ashdown Forest in November, 1885 ; and Phygadeuon sodalis, 

 Tasch., taken at Dulwich in June, 1889. 



Mr. C. G. Barrett exhibited specimens of Bryotropha obscurella, Hein., and 

 Doryphora elongella, Hein., two species of Micro- Lepidoptera new to Britain. 



Dr. Thallwitz, of Dresden, contributed " Notes on some species of the genus 

 Hilipus." These notes had reference to a paper on the genus Hilipus, by Mr. F. 

 P. Pascoe, published in the " Transactions" of the Society for 1889. 



Mr. E. Meyrick read a paper entitled, " The Classification of the Pyralidina of 

 the European Fauna." Mr. Kirby, Mr. McLachlan, Mr. Elwes, and Mr. Barrett 

 took part in the discussion which ensued. 



Prof. Westwood communicated a paper entitled, " Notes on certain species of 

 CetoniidcE." 



Mynheer P. C. T. Snellen, of Rotterdam, contributed a paper entitled, "A Cata- 

 logue of the Pyralida of Sikkim, collected by H. J. Elwes and the late Otto Moller," 

 and Mr. Elwes read certain notes on the foregoing paper as an Appendix. Mr. W. 

 L. Distant, Colonel Swinhoe, Mr. McLachlan, and Mr. Jacoby took part in the dis- 

 cussion which ensued. — U. Goss, lion. Sec. 



