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Mr. Billups, Xylocopa violacea, L., and X. laiipes, Drury, also Taiscolia hwmorrhoi- 

 dalis, Fb., and read notes on his exhibit. Mr. Jenner Weir exhibited specimens of 

 Pieris oleracea, Bois., from Hudson Baj, and F. napi, L., and contributed some 

 interesting remarks. Mr. Billups stated tliat at West Ham the cabbages had been 

 destroyed by the larvse of Pieris brassicm, L., but the cauliflowers were untouched. — 

 H. W. Barkee, Hon. Sec. 



Entomological Society of London: July Qth, 1887. — Dr. David Shaep, 

 F.Z.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Eev. W. T. H. Newman, M.A., 11, Park Terrace, The Crescent, Oxford, was 

 elected a Fellow of the Society. 



Mr. McLachlan remarked that at the meeting of the Society in October, 1886, 

 he exhibited a quantity of the so-called " jumping seeds " fi*om Mexico, containing 

 larvae of Carpocapsa saltitans, Westw. The seeds had long ceased to "jump," which 

 proved that the larvae were either dead, had become quiescent, or had pupated ; about 

 a fortnight ago he opened one of the seeds, and found therein a living pupa. On the 

 4th inst. a moth (exhibited) was produced. 



The President, on behalf of the Rev. H. S. Grorham, exhibited the following 

 CoJeoptera, lately taken in the New Forest : — Anoplodera sexguttata, Fab., wholly 

 black variety ; Orammoptera analis, Fab. ; Colydium elongatum, Fab, ; and a 

 specimen of Tachinus elongatus, Gryll., with brownish-red elytra. 



Mr. S. Stevens exhibited a specimen of Orsodacna hunieralis, Latr. (lineola, 

 Panz., var.), taken by him at Norwood : he also exhibited a specimen of the same 

 beetle taken by him fifty years ago in Coombe Wood ; during the interval he had 

 never seen it alive. 



Mr. Gc. T. Porritt exhibited, on behalf of Mr. N. F. Dobree, of Beverley, a series 

 of about thirty specimens of a TcBniocampa he had received from Hampshire, which 

 had previously been referred to as a red form of T. gracilis. Mr. Dobree was inclined 

 to think they were not that species, but T. stabilis. 



Mr. A. C. Horner exhibited the following species of Coleoptera from the 

 neighbourhood of Tonbridge : — Compsochilus palpalis, Er. (5) j Acrognathus 

 mandibularis, Gyll. (4) ; Homaloia atrata, Mann., H. vilis, Er., and H. difficilis, 

 Bris. ; Calodera rulens, Er. ; and Oxytelus fulvipes, Er. He also exhibited a 

 Rhizophagus from Sherwood Forest, which appeared to belong to a new species j and 

 several specimens of Holopedina polypori, Forst., also from Sherwood Forest, where 

 he had found it in company with, and probably parasitic on, Cis vestitus. 



Mr. Elisha exhibited two larvae of Zelleria hepariella, Stn. 



Mr. Stainton remarked that as the greater part of the larvae of Zelleria were 

 attached to the Oleacem, it seemed strange that certain species had been found 

 on saxifrage. 



Mr. Slater read a paper " On the presence of tannin in certain Insects, and its 

 influence on their colours." He mentioned the facts that tannin was certainly 

 present in the tissues of the leaf-, wood-, and bark-eating species, but not in the 

 tissues of the carnivorous beetles, and that black colour on the elytra of certain 

 beetles appeared to be produced by the action of iron on tannin. A discussion 

 ensued, in which Prof. Meldola, Mr. Poulton, Dr. Sharp, and others took part.— 

 W. W. FowLEE, Ron. Sec. 



