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autumn in Berkshire, and it was suggested that they might be hybrids 

 between D. rubiginea and G. vaccinii. 



Mr. Lovell Keays exhibited a series of Lyccena alexis, with confluent 

 spots on the under sides of the front wings. He drew attention to the 

 fact that the insects were all taken within a short radius, and probably 

 were in the ratio of about one in forty with reference to the ordinary forms. 

 All the examples, with one exception, were females. 



Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse exhibited the type-specimen of Coptomia 

 opalina of Gory, from the Hope Collection at Oxford, and pointed out 

 that it was quite distinct from C. mutabilis, W. The distinct punctuation 

 of the whole insect, and the striolate pygidium in C. opalina, were 

 sufficient to distinguish it at once. Mr. Waterhouse called attention to 

 this, as some French entomologists maintain that these insects are the 

 same species. He also called attention to Silpha atomaria, of Linnaeus 

 (Syst. Nat., ed. xii., i., p. 574), a Swedish species which appeared to have 

 escaped notice, and was not included in any catalogue. The type is still 

 extant in the Linnean cabinet, and Mr. Waterhouse said he was of opinion 

 that it is Olibrus geminus of our collections, but he had not had an oppor- 

 tunity of making a critical examination. He also exhibited male and 

 female specimens of a Helopeltis (the Tea-Bug), which he considered a 

 distinct species, and stated that it had occurred only in Assam. 



Mr. M. Jacoby exhibited certain species and varieties of the genus 

 Ceroglossus from Chili, and Dr. D. Sharp, Mr. J. J. Walker, and 

 Mr. Champion made remarks on their geographical distribution. 



Prof. Scudder exhibited the type-specimen of a fossil butterfly — 

 Prodryas persephone — found in beds of Tertiary Age (Oligocene) at 

 Florissant, Colorado. He said the species belonged to the Nymphalida, 

 and the specimen was remarkable as being in more perfect condition than 

 any fossil butterfly from the European Tertiaries. He also stated that he 

 had found a bed near the White River on the borders of Utah, in which 

 insects were even more abundant than in the Florissant beds. 



Mr. Goss exhibited hybernating larvae of Spilothyrus alceee, which had 

 been sent to him by Mr. F. Bromilow from St. Maurice, Nice. 



Mr. W. F. H. Blandford read a paper entitled " The Rhynchophorous 

 Coleoptera of Japan. Part III. Scolytidae." 



Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker read a paper entitled " Notes on some 

 Lepidoptera received from the neighbourhood of Alexandria," and exhibited 

 the specimens. 



Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse read " Further Observations on the Tea-Bug 

 (Helopeltis) of India "; and Dr. F. A. Dixey communicated a paper " On 

 the Phylogeny of the Pierince, as illustrated by their wing-markings and 

 Geographical Distribution." — H. Goss and W. W. Fowler, Hon. Secretaries. 



