280 [May, 1888 



Entomological Society op London-. April Uh, 1888.— Dr. D. Sharp, F.Z.S., 

 President, in the Chair. 



The Rev. J. H. Hodson, B.A., of Torquay, Devon ; Mr. A. J. Croker, of New 

 Cross, S.E. ; Mr. G-. C. Griffith, of Cotham, Bristol ; and Mr. Albert H. Jones, of 

 Eltliam, Kent, were elected Fellows. 



Mr. H. G-oss exhibited a large number of insects lately received from Baron 

 Ferdinand von Mueller, K.C.M.G., F.E.S., of Melbourne, which had been collected 

 by Mr. Sayer on Mount Obree and the adjoining ranges in New Guinea, during 

 Mr. Cuthbertson's recent expedition there under the direction of the Royal 

 Geographical Society of Australia. The collection comprised species of Coleoptera, 

 Lepidoptera, Semiptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, and Orthoptera. The Lepidoptera, 

 included twenty species of butteriiies belonging to the genera Calliplcea, Chanapa, 

 Samadryas, Melanitis, Mycalesis, Hypocysta, Tenaris, Sypolimnas, Cyrestis, Neptis, 

 Acrcsa, Danis, PitMcops, Appias, Ornitlioptera, JEurycus, &c. 



Mr. Osbert Salvin, F.R.S., exhibited, and made remarks on, about sixty 

 specimens — no two of which were alike — of a species of butterfly belonging to the 

 genus Sypolimnas, all of which had been caught by Mr. Woodford near Suva, 

 Viti-Levu, Fiji, on one patch of Zinnias. 



Mr. H. T. Stainton, F.R.S., exhibited, on behalf of Mr. G. C. Bignell, cases of 

 Thyridopteryx ephemerceformis, Haworth, collected near Charlestown, U.S.A. 

 Mr. Stainton said he hoped Mr. Bignell would not introduce this pest into England. 



Mr. W. F. Kirby exhibited, and read notes on, about twenty species of South 

 African Dragon-flies lately received from Mr. Roland Trimen, F.R.S., of Cape Town, 

 Mr. Kirby said the collection included some new species. 



Mr. A. Sich exhibited a bred specimen of a variety of Plusia gamma. 



Mr. Goss read a letter from Mr. Bignell, correcting a statement made by 

 Mr. Poulton at the March meeting of the Society to the effect that the variety 

 Valezina of the female of Argynnis Paphia did not occur in Devonshire. Mr. Bignell 

 said that the var. Valezina was included in Mr. Reading's " Catalogue of Devonshire 

 Lepidoptera ; " and that he had himself taken specimens of it in Bickleigh Vale, 

 Devon. 



Mr. Waterhouse read a paper entitled "Additional Observations on the Tea-bugs 

 (Selopeltis) of Java," and exhibited a number of specimens of these insects. He 

 said that the species infesting the Cinchona in Java was supposed to have been 

 introduced from Ceylon in tea, but that he had discovered that the species on the 

 Tea and on Cinchona in Java were distinct, and that both species were distinct from 

 Selopelfis Antonii of Ceylon. 



Mr. Jacoby read a paper entitled "New, or little-known, species of Phytophagous 

 Coleoptera from Africa and Madagascar." 



A letter was read from Mr. E. C. Cotes, of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, asking 

 for the assistance of British Entomologists in working out certain groups of Coleoptera, 

 Neuroptera, Orthoptera, Diptera, and Hymenoptera in the Indian Museum. A 

 discussion ensued, in which Mr. McLachlan, F.R.S., Dr. Sharp, Mr. Waterhouse, 

 Mr. Jacoby, and Mr. Distant took part. — H. Goss, Ron. Secretary. 



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