Entomological Society. 



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P. alb'ida, luteo-albida ; antennis nigricantibus, alis anticis albis farinosis 

 apicem versus fuscescenti-tinctis, guttis albis sanguineisque ornatis. 

 Expans. alar. lin. Insula S u Vincent. D. Guilding. Mus. D. 

 Hope. 



Cenciirea. Frons capitis parum producta. Oculi magni, emarginali. 

 Ocelli 2. Antennae minutas, articulo 2do brevi subrotundato. Pro- 

 thorax latus, lateribus concavo-dilatatis pro receptione antennarum. 

 Alas anticae elongatae, angulo antico apicali valde obtuso, venis per- 

 paucis longitudinalibus. 

 C. dorsalis, pallide testaceo-fulva ; alis anticis flavescentibus margine 

 interno fuscis apice punctis duobus purpureis. Expans. alar. lin. In- 

 sula S 11 Vincent. D. Guilding. Mus. D. Hope. 



The species above described, together with their structural cha- 

 racters, and especially the variations in the direction of the veins of 

 the wings, were illustrated by numerous magnified figures. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



Jan. 6th, 1840.— The Rev. F. W. Hope, M.A., F.R.S., &c, Pre- 

 sident, in the Chair. 



The President announced the safe arrival of W. S. Macleay, Esq., 

 and his collections in New South Wales, and his intention to publish 

 descriptions of various remarkable Australian groups. He had as- 

 certained that the Agaristte are diurnal in their flight, thus confirm- 

 ing their relation with the Uraniae, as suggested in his memoir in the 

 Transactions of the Zoological Society. 



Mr. Westwood announced the capture of a species of Ceraptems 

 (but forming a separate subgenus) near Rio Janeiro, all the other 

 species of the family Paussida being inhabitants of the old world. 



Mr. Waterhouse exhibited some remarkably small specimens of 

 Garden white butterflies, captured in Devonshire, but very confined 

 in their locality. 



The President exhibited specimens of Goliathus torquatus $ , Eu- 

 dacitla Morgani, and other rare insects, recently received by him from 

 Sierra Leone ; also a new species of Adelotopus and another genus 

 allied thereto, with other insects from New Holland. 



Mr. Westwood exhibited a living specimen of Clerus alvearius, 

 which he had recently reared from a nest of Osmia muraria, brought 

 by him from France two years and a half previously. 



The following memoirs were read : 



Description of a new species of Trachydcres. By Edward New- 

 man, Esq., F.L.S. 



Trachyderes venustus, N. Piceus, elytrorum fasciis duabus maculd- 

 gue singuli subrotundd apicali late stramineis ; scutello elongato 

 sublineari medio longitudinaUter impresso,piceo. Corp. long. 1, 15 

 unc. Inhabits Demerara. Mr. Schomburgk. 

 Observations on the species of Spiders which inhabit cylindric 

 tubes, covered with a moveable trap-door. By J. O. Westwood, Esq., 

 F.L.S. 



After noticing the various species of Spiders which have been de- 

 scribed as making trap- door nests, and determining the West Indian 



