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A communication was read from the Hon. L. W. Rothschild, containing 

 the description of a new Pigeon of the genus Carpophaga, from Chatham 

 Island, South Pacific, proposed to be called Carpophaga chathamensis. 



Col. Beddome read descriptions of some new Land-Shells from the 

 Indian Region. — P. L. Sclatek, Secretary. 



Entomological Society of London. 



May 6, 1891. — Mr. Frederick DuCane Godman, M.A., F.R.S., 

 President, in the chair. 



Mr. Robert A. Dallas Beeching, of 24, St. James's Road, Tunbridge 

 Wells, Kent; Mr. H. Shortridge Clarke, of Douglas, Isle of Man ; Monsieur 

 Leon Fairmaire, of 21, Rue du Dragon, Paris ; Mr. Wm. Reid, of Pitcaple, 

 Aberdeenshire ; and Mr. Nelson M. Richardson, B.A., of Montevideo, 

 Weymouth, were elected Fellows of the Society. 



Dr. D. Sharp exhibited a number of eggs of Dytiscus marginalia laid on 

 the sheath of a species of reed, and commented on the manner of their 

 oviposition, which he said had been fully described by Dr. Regimbart. 



The Rev. A. E. Eaton exhibited a collection of Psychodidm from 

 Somersetshire, including six species of Psychoda, eleven species of Periconia, 

 and one species of Ulomyia. Mr. M'Lachlan commented on the interesting 

 nature of the exhibition. 



Mr. P. Crowley exhibited a specimen of Protho'e Caledonia, a very 

 handsome butterfly from Perak ; and a specimen of another equally hand- 

 some species of the same genus from Tonghou, Burmah, which was said 

 to be undescribed. 



The Secretary read a letter from Mr. Merrifield, pointing out that the 

 statement made by Mr. Fenn, at the meeting of the Society on the 1st 

 April last, of his views on the effects of temperature in causing variation 

 in Lepidoptera, was incorrect ; he (Mr. Merrifield) had never suggested 

 what might happen to Taniocampa instabilis, and had expressly stated that 

 he had found a reduction of the temperature below 57° to produce no 

 effect, whereas in Mr. Fenn's experiments the temperature must have been 

 below 40°. 



The Secretary also read a letter which Lord Walsingham had received 

 from Sir Arthur Blackwood, the Secretary of the Post Office, in answer to 

 the memorial which, on behalf of the Society, had been submitted to 

 the Postmaster-General, asking that small parcels containing scientific 

 specimens might be sent to places abroad at the reduced rates of postage 

 applicable to packets of bond fide trade patterns and samples. The letter 

 intimated that, so far as the English »Post Office was concerned, scientific 

 specimens sent by sample post to places abroad would not be stopped in 

 future. — II. Goss, Hon. Secretary. 



