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although of very wide distribution, had not previously been 

 noticed in that country. Mr. Champion said that Henico- 

 cephalus was generally recognized as a type in itself of a 

 family, and Mr. Kirkaldy observed that it was much com- 

 moner than was generally supposed. It was probably only 

 an aberrant form of the Reduviidx having no stridulating 

 apparatus on the prosternum. 



Mr. C. P. Pickett exhibited a series of Smerinthus tilise, 

 bred during May 1900-1, including one male specimen having 

 the right upper wing banded, ■* the left wing with the two 

 ordinary spots ; a banded female ; a male with only one spot ; 

 and a richly-coloured female. 



Mr. C. G. Barrett exhibited imagines, cocoons, pupa 

 skins, and also water-colour sketches of larvse, reared and 

 drawn by Miss Frances Barrett, at Buntingville, Pondoland, 

 S. Africa, including Hesperia keitloa, Leucaloa eugraphica, 

 Liparis pulverea, Lenodora montana, Trabele ochroleuca, Chilena 

 prompta, Braura Ugniclusa, Eutricha pithyocampa, Dulichia 

 fasciata, Porela sobria, Rhanidophora phedonia, Sphingomorpha 

 chlorea (monteironis). 



Dr. A. Jefferis Turner exhibited specimens of Australian 

 wood-boring Lepidoptera belonging to four different families. 

 They included — Pyralidae, ; Doddiana xyloryctis, Turn. Gele- 

 chidse. ; Cryptophasa flavolineata, Walk., and C. hemipsila, 

 Turn. Maroga mythica, Meyr., M. setiotricha, Meyr., Uzucha 

 borealis, Turn. Cossidx ; Dudgeona actinias, Turn., Xyleutes 

 pulchra, Roths., X. macleayei, X. nephocosma, Turn. Hepialidx ; 

 Charagia mirabilis, Roths., C. ramsayi, Seott., and C. cyano- 

 chlora, Lower. 



Mr. EL Goss exhibited for Mr. Ernest Ardron of Colombo, 

 Ceylon, two specimens of a species of Phyllium (Phasmidse). 

 They bore an extraordinary resemblance to leaves. He also 

 showed three varieties of the male of Melitxa cinxia, which 

 he had taken on the 27th and 28th of May at Niton, Isle of 

 Wight. One of these was a remarkable and beautiful variety, 

 especially on the underside. g 



Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse exhibited two new genera and 

 species of Coleoptera recently described by him in the Ann. 

 and Mag. Nat. Hist, from Bio Janeiro. One belonged to the 



