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spicuella feeds on Centaurea Jacea. The larvae of Elachista Staintoni will be found 

 mining the leaves of Helianthemum vulgare, and a larva (probably that of E. modes- 

 tella), feeds in the buds of Stellaria Holostea. The larva or pupa of Lithocolletis 

 trifasciella will be found in the lowermost leaves of the honeysuckle shoots, and the 

 larvae of L. Messaniella, full grown towards the middle of the month, will be found in 

 the leaves of the evergreen oak. — H: T. Stainton ; Mountsfield, Leivisham, March 

 12, 1851. 



Capture of Aepus Robinil in England. — My attention has been lately directed by 

 Mons. Javet, to a second species of Aepus, which exists amongst the fulvescens of 

 our British cabinets, and which has been clearly overlooked by collectors as that in- 

 sect. Its characters, however, are very distinct, and there can be no doubt, when 

 examined, of the validity of the species in question. It has, indeed, been but lately 

 separated on the continent, and was described as Aepus Robinii (so named from 

 Mons. Robin, who first discovered it on the sea-shore, at Dieppe), by M. Laboulbene, 

 in the Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, vol. vii. (2ieme serie), p. 23. It is the only 

 species that I have myself ever captured in England, having taken it under stones at 

 the edges of the Chesil Bank, in May, 1848, on spots below high-water mark, when 

 left dry by the sea's retreat. In similar situations M. Javet has captured it (in com- 

 pany with fulvescens), in the north of England. Its chief distinguishing characters 

 consist in the shorter, and rather more consistent elytra, dilated greatly at the apex, 

 and thus forming a striking contrast to the elongate, parallel form of fulvescens. The 

 thorax also differs, as will be seen on inspection. There is an interesting account of 

 its habits, with description of the larva, in the eighth vol. of the Ann. de la Soc. Ent. 

 de France, p. 529, by M. Coquerel. — T. Vernon Wollaston ; 25, Thurloe Square, 

 Bromplon. 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society. 



Evening Meeting, February 11, 1851. — W. Yarrell, Esq., V. P., in the chair. 



Mr. Gray read a paper ' On a New Genus and New Family of Cyclosaurian Li- 

 zards,' which he characterized under the name of Iphisadae. The type (Iphisa elegans) 

 was obtained by Messrs Wallace and Bates, during their researches in the country 

 adjacent to Para. 



Dr. Kaup communicated a paper ' On some New Birds discovered in the Museum 

 of the Earl of Derby.' The species were characterized under the following names : 

 Nisus chionogaster, Harpagus circumcinctus, Saurophagus Derbyanus, Psaris maxi- 

 mus, P. Fraserii, P. parinus, Tyrannula mexicana, Todiramphus pectoralis, T. 

 ruficeps. 



A paper communicated by Professor Owen, and entitled ' Contributions towards a 

 Natural History of British Guiana, by G. R. Bonyan, M.D.,' was read in part. It 

 contained an interesting account of the raptorial birds observed by the writer, amount- 

 ing to about thirty species. 



The Meeting adjourned to February 25. 



