Coleoptera : — 



Mr. Billups, Dytlscus lapponicus, Gyll, Philonthus thermarum, 

 Aub., P. fumigatus, Er., P. addendus, Sharp, Ocypus cyaneus, Pk., 

 Staphylinus fulvipes, Scop., Stilicus fomicatus, Steph., Oxypoda 

 exoleta, Er., Tachyusa scitula, Er., Ceryleon fagi, Bris., Cistela ceram- 

 boides, L., Gymnusa brevicollis, Pk., and Trichopterx brevicornis, Mots., 

 a species new to Britain, also many rare species of Exotic coleoptera. 



Mr. Chaney, Orchestes ilicis, 0. avellance, Chrsyomela didytnata, 

 Ocypus ater, O. compresses Cceloides subrufus, Hydroporus dorsalis. 



Mr. Champion, Vellicus dilatatus. 



Mr. Eley, Cerambyx moschatus. 



Mr. W. Pearce, Lathrobium rufipenne, Errirhinus costirostris. 



Hemiptera : — 



Mr. Billups exhibited many rare species belonging to this 

 order, such as Acalypta parvula, D.S., Cymus claviculus, Fall., C. 

 glandicolo , Halm., Stygnocerous setulosus, Schill., Peritrechus punticeps. 

 Thorn., Salda Cocksi, Curt., Monanthia costata, Fab., Tropistethus 

 holosericus, Halm., and Henestaris laticepts, Curt. 



Many rare specimens of Ichneumonidce, bred as well as captured, 

 were shown by Mr. Billups ; while among the Heterogyna and 

 Fossorial Hymenoptera, also the Diploptera and Anthophila, we may 

 call attention to the following, viz. : 



Lasius umbratits, Nye, Stenamma Westwoodii, Westw., Myrme- 

 cina Latreilli, Curt., Methoca ichneumonides, Lat., Myrmosa melano- 

 cephala, Fab., Priocenemis exaltatus, Fab., P. affinis, V. de Lind., 

 P. obtusiventris, Schiodt, Pompilus chalybeatus, Schiodt., P. pectinipes, 

 V. de Lind., Crabro peltarius, Schr., C. scutel/atus, Schr., C. capitosus, 

 Shuc, Pscn ater, Fab., Odynerus reniformis, Gmel, (a species new to 

 Britain), Halictus longulus, Smith ; Andrcna Hattofiano, Fab,, A.cetii, 

 Schrank. Mr. Billups also exhibited the curious wasp, Pelopaius 

 arc/u'tectus, St. Farg., and Nest from South America, also specimens 

 of the beautiful ant Cremastochilus scittellaris, taken running about 

 the streets of Greenwich. 



Mr. Gaskell, Cerceris arenaria. 



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