mo.] 197 



T. longipennis, Acridia inflata, Trichonyx Mdrkelii, and a species of Scopteus, 'which 

 may be new to science ; Mr. Blatch also showed Homalota fallaciosa, Acidota 

 crenata, and Mycetoporus angulatus, from Sutton Park, the last being new to the 

 Midland list. Mr. H. Stone showed galls on yew, also some on a species of Abies ; 

 the latter being apiiarently produced by a number of minute Acari seated at the 

 base of eacli leaf, and causing the stem to swell. — Colbban J. Wainweight, 

 Hon. Sec. 



Entomological Society of London: June itk, 1890. — The Eight Hon. Lord 

 Walsingham, M.A., F.R.S., President, in tlie Chair. 



Mr. George William Carter, M.A., F.L.8., of Lime Grove, Knottingley, York- 

 shire ; and Mr. R. Newstead, of The Museum, Chester, were elected Fellows. 



The Secretary exhibited, on behalf of Mr. J. Edwards, Norwich, two specimens 

 of Ilyhius subaineus, Er., and a single specimen of Bidessus unistriatus, Schr. Mr. 

 Champion alluded to the fact that the only recorded British specimens of the first- 

 mentioned beetle had been taken many years ago at Peckhara. The species is very 

 closely allied to I.fenestratus, F., but the posterior tarsi of the male have the joints 

 externally margined at their lower edge, whereas in the male of the last-mentioned 

 species they are not margined ; this character was very plain in the male specimen 

 sent by Mr. Edwards. Lord Walsingham, in alluding to the exhibit, referred to the 

 list of Norfolk Coleoptera, compiled some years ago by Mr. Crotch, which appears 

 to have been lost sight of. 



Mr. Vcrrall exhibited a specimen of a fly in amber, belonging to a genus allied 

 to Psychoda. 



Mr. McLachlan alluded to the damage done by insects to orange-trees in Malta, 

 and stated that the Rev. G. Henslow had lately been studying the question ; one of 

 the chief depredators was the widely-spread " fly," Ceratitis citriperda, well known 

 as devastating the orange. He found, however, that another and more serious 

 enemy was the larva of a large Longicorn beetle {Cerambyx miles, Bon.), which bores 

 into the lower part of the stem and down into the roots, making large galleries; in 

 all probability the larva, or that of allied species, is the true Cossus of the ancients. 

 Lord Walsingham stated that a species of Prays allied to P. oleellus and our com- 

 mon P. Curtisellus was known to feed in the buds of the orange and lemon in 

 Southern Europe. Mr. Pascoe, Mr. Champion, and others took part in the discussion 

 which followed. 



The Secretary, on behalf of Miss Carr, exhibited a portfolio of drawings of 

 Indian Lepidoptera and their food-plants. 



The following papers were communicated, and were read by the Secretary : — 

 " Notes on the species of the families Lycidce and Lampyridm contained in the 

 Imperial Museum of Calcutta, with descriptions of new species, and a list of the 

 species at present described from India," by the Rev. H. S. Gorham ; and " A Cata- 

 logue of the Rhopalocerous Lepidoptera collected in the Shan States, with notes on 

 the country and climate," by N. Manders, Esq., Surgeon, Army Medical Staff. The 

 latter paper contained a very interesting description of the chief physical features 

 of the Shan States and neighbouring parts of Burmah. — H. Goss and W. W. 

 FowLEE, Hon. Sees. 



