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convinced of their being distinct. E. neglecta was taken by Dr. Power, at Holt 

 Forest, near Farnham. A. nigrita was taken by Dr. Power, at Addington, near 

 Croydon: Mr. Waterhouse believed tbat tbe insect inserted in bis * Catalogue' as 

 Anisotoma rubiginosa, with a note of doubt, was a small female of tbe same species. 

 O. oblongus was found by Mr. Squire, at Horning Fen and Whittlesea Mere. 



Mr. Waterhouse took this opportunity of mentioning that the following numbers 

 had been omitted in the third edition of his recently published 4 Catalogue of British 

 Coleoptera,' viz. : — 



No. 14 to Hister 12-striatus. 

 „ 2 to Oxylemus variolosus. 

 The omission of these numbers caused the names of these species to appear as 

 synonyms of the preceding insects. 



Mr. Stevens exhibited a fine Buprestis, allied to Catoxantha, found by Mr. Wallace 

 at Gilolo, of which Mr. Adam White furnished the following description : — 



" The Buprestidae are separated into genera and even into great groups by 

 characters which, in many other families of insects, would be deemed hardly im- 

 portant enough to be regarded as anything but specific. The subgenus, here briefly 

 described, more nearly resembles Catoxantha in the shape of its thorax than 

 Chrysochroa ; it has an apparently dull-coloured look, compared with either of the 

 two genera alluded to; its under side is decidedly metallic, except on the last 

 segment of the abdomen beneath ; its elytra are strongly grooved, and in their con- 

 tour considerably resemble Catoxantha, differing in surface and in terminal pointing. 

 It may be called Catoxantha (Demochroa) carinata. 



" Catoxantha (? Demochroa) cabin ata, n. s. 

 " C. Elytris viridi-purpurascentibus, creberrime acupunctatis, costis quatuor cul- 

 tratis elongatis, costa brevi obliqua ad suturam prope basim, apice subtruncato, 

 triapiculato ; capite, cceruleo, purpureo el viridi decorato, antice inter antennas 

 subcavalo, et cultrato ; thorace dorso irregularis creberrime acupunctato, postice 

 sulculis duobus curvatis longiludinaliter directis, et sulco ad latera singula ; 

 thorace ', abdomineque suhtus purpureis, pilis brevibus subdensis ochraceo-fiavis^ 

 indutis, pedibus cyaneis,femoribus, basi pra>sertim, viridi et igneo variegalis, 

 abdominis segmento ultimo subtus pallido flavo, dorso Icete metallico-viridi. 

 " Hab. in Insula Gilolo. Long. unc. 1, lin.6." 



May 2, 1859.— H. T. Stainton, Esq., V.P., in the chair. 



Donations. 

 The following donations were announced, and thanks ordered to be presented to 

 the donors:— 'Journal of Proceedings of the Linnean Society,' Vol. iii., No. 12; pre- 

 sented by the Society. * Abhandlungen der Koeniglich Bayerischen Akademie de 

 Wissenschaften,' Vol. iii., Part 2 ; by the Society. ' The Zoologist ' for May ; by the 

 Editor. 'The Literary Gazette' for April; by the Editor. 'The Journal of tbe 

 Society of Arts' for April ; by tbe Society. 'The Entomologist's Weekly Intelli- 

 gencer,' Nos. 132 to 135, and Vol. v.; 'Manual of British Butterflies and Moths,' 

 Nos.29and30. 



Election of a Member. 



Douglas Timmins, Esq., of Oriel College, Oxford, was balloted for and elected a 

 Member of the Society. 



