240 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Entomological Society of London. 



May 1st. — Prof. Raphael Meldola, F.R.S., President, in the chair. 



Mr. Oswald H. Latter was elected a Fellow; and Dr. C. G. Thomson, 

 of the University, Lund, Sweden, was elected an Honorary Fellow, to fill 

 the vacancy caused by the death of Pastor Wallengren . 



Mr. H. St. J. Donisthorpe exhibited a variety of Rhagium bifasciatum y 

 a longicorn beetle, taken in the New Forest, in which the elytra were of a 

 light testaceous colour. 



Mr. Waterhouse exhibited a living larva of a longicorn beetle found in 

 a boot-tree which had been in constant use by the owner for fourteen years, 

 the last seven of which were spent in India. The specimen was brought to 

 the British Museum on May 6th, 1890, and was put into a block of beech 

 wood, in which it had lived ever since ; it did not appear to have altered in 

 any way during these five years. It had burrowed about eight inches, and 

 probably made its exit accidentally. Mr. Blandford referred to a similar 

 case which had come under his notice. 



Mr. C. G. Barrett exhibited a long series of the dark and strongly- 

 marked varieties of Agrotis cursoria and A. tritici, taken on the sandhills of 

 the north-east coast of Scotland by Mr. Arthur Home, of Aberdeen. 



Mr. Dale exhibited a specimen of a Sesia, supposed to be a new species, 

 from the New Forest. 



Mr. 0. E. Janson exhibited a remarkable species of CurculionidcB from 

 the island of Gilolo, having exceedingly long and slender rostrum, antennae 

 and legs ; it was apparently an undescribed species of the genus Talanthia, 

 Pascoe. 



Mr. Nelson Richardson called attention to a paper by himself, in the 

 1 Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club,' on 

 the subject of Dorset Lepidoptera in 1892 and 1893. 



Mr. W. L. Distant communicated a paper " On a probable explanation 

 of an unverified observation relative to the family Fulgoridas." In this 

 paper the author cited the expressed opinions of certain naturalists as to the 

 luminous properties of some species of this family. In the discussion which 

 ensued Mr. Blandford said he thought further evidence was required on the 

 subject of the alleged luminosity in the Fulgoridoe before the statements 

 contained in Mr. Distant's paper could be accepted. 



Mr. J. J. Walker, R.N., contributed " A Preliminary List of the Butter- 

 flies of Hong-Kong, based on observations and captures made during the 

 winter and spring of 1892 — 1893." Prof. Meldola commented on the 

 interesting character of the paper from an entomological point of view, and 

 the value of the observations therein on the geology, botany, and climate of 

 Hong-Kong. — H. Goss, Hon. Secretary. 



