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added to the list, and one new genus, seven new species, and two new 

 varieties were described. Mr. Jacoby and Mr. Bethune-Baker made some 

 remarks on the species and their geographical distribution. 



Mr. Blandford read a paper entitled " A Supplementary Note on the 

 Scolytidae of Japan, with a list of Species." 



October 17th, 1894.— H. J. Elwes, Esq., F.L.S., F.Z.S., President, in 

 the chair. 



Dr. H. G. Breyer, of Prsetoria, Transvaal, South Africa, was elected a 

 Fellow of the Society. 



Mr. G. C. Champion read a letter, dated 15th August last, from 

 Mr. J. Y. Johnson, of Funchal, Madeira, on the subject of a recent 

 visitation of locusts to the island, and exhibited specimens. Mr. Johnson 

 mentioned that Darwin, in his ' Origin of Species,' recorded that in 

 November, 1844, dense swarms of locusts visited Madeira. He said that 

 since then, until August last, these insects had not visited the island. 

 Mr. Champion remarked that the species sent by Mr. Johnson was Decticus 

 albifrons, Fabr., not a true migratory locust. Mr. Champion also exhibited 

 specimens of Anthaxia nitidula, Velleius dilatatus, and Athous rhombeus, 

 taken by himself in the New Forest during the past summer. 



Mr. H. Goss read a letter he had received from Capt. Montgomery, J.P., 

 of Mid-Ilovo, Natal, reporting vast flights of locusts there, extending over 

 three miles in length, on August 31st last, and exhibited a specimen of the 

 locust, a species of Acridium. Capt. Montgomery stated that, as a rule, his 

 district, and most of Natal, was free from the pest, but that an exceptional 

 invasion had occurred in 1850. 



Mr. J. W. Tutt exhibited four typical specimens of Emydia cribrum 

 from the New Forest, and, for comparison, four specimens of the variety 

 eandida of the same species, taken at an elevation of 4000 feet, near Cour- 

 mayeur, on the Italian side of Mont Blanc. He stated that he had also 

 met with this form in the Cogne Valley, at an elevation of from 6000 to 

 8000 feet. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited, for Mr. H. Murray, a specimen of Erebia 

 (Bthiops, in which the last fore wing was much bleached, taken in August 

 last, near Carnforth. Mr. Adkin also exhibited a series of Acronycta 

 rumicis from Co. Cork, including light and black forms, with examples from 

 the Scilly Isles, Isle of Man, and North of Scotland, for comparison. 



Mr. Elwes exhibited a series of CMonobas alberta (male and female), 

 C. uhleri var. varuna, and Erebia discoidalis, from Calgary, Alberta, N.W. 

 Canada, collected in May last by Mr. Wolley-Dod. He said that the 

 validity of C. alberta, which had been questioned by Mr. W. H. Edwards, 

 was fully established by these specimens. 



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