200 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Mr. G. C. Champion exhibited several insects recently received from 

 Mr. J. J. Walker, from Hobart, Tasmania. The collection included a 

 curious species of ForficulidcBy with asymmetrical forceps, from the summit 

 of Mount Wellington ; two mimetic species of (Edemeridm belonging to the 

 genus Pseudolycus, Guer., and the corresponding Lycidce, which were found 

 with them ; also specimens of both sexes of Lamprima rutilans, Er. 



Mr. N. M. Richardson exhibited a specimen of Zygcena filipendula with 

 five wings ; a second specimen of the same species with the middle legs 

 on the right side much dwarfed ; four specimens of Gelechia ocellatella, 

 including a pink variety, bred from Beta maritima; four specimens of 

 Tinea subtilella, a species new to Britain, taken last August in the Isle 

 of Portland: also specimens of Nepticula auromarginella, a species new to 

 Britain, bred from larvae taken near Weymouth on bramble. Dr. Sharp 

 and Mr. M'Lachlan commented on the structural peculiarities of the two 

 specimens of Zygcena. 



Mr. C. Fenn exhibited a series of Tceniocampa instabilis, which had 

 been bred out of doors during the recent severe weather. They were all 

 bred from ova laid by the same female, and many of them were of an 

 abnormally pale colour. Mr. Fenn said that, according to Mr. Merrifield's 

 theory, these pale specimens, in consequence of the temperature to which 

 they had been subjected in the pupal state, ought to have been very dark. 

 Mr. Jenner Weir, referring to the pale specimens, said he had never before 

 seen any of so light a colour. 



Mr. W. Dannatt exhibited a butterfly belonging- to the genus Crenis, 

 recently received from the Lower Congo. He said he believed the species 

 was undescribed. 



Mr. G. A. J. Rothney sent for exhibition several specimens of an 

 ant (Sima rufo-nigra), from Bengal, together with specimens of a small 

 sand wasp (Rhinopsis ruficornis) and a spider (Salticus), both of which 

 closely mimicked the ant. It was stated that all the specimens exhibited 

 had lately been received from Mr. R. C. Wroughton, Conservator of Forests, 

 Poona. Mr. Rothney also communicated a short paper on the subject of 

 these ants and the mimicking sand wasps and spiders, entitled "Further 

 notes on Indian Ants." 



Mr. G. C. Champion read a paper entitled " A list of the Heteromerous 

 Coleoptera collected by Mr. J. J. Walker, R.N., in the neighbourhood of 

 Gibraltar, with descriptions of four new species." At the conclusion of 

 the meeting a discussion ensued, in which Mr. Kirby, Capt. Elwes, Mr. 

 M'Lachlan, Mr. Jenner Weir, Dr. Sharp, and Mr. Crowley took part. — > 

 H. Goss, Hon. Sec. 



