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Entomological Society. 



but none of the Orders Orthoptera, Neuroptera, Diptera or Lepidoptera; many Lepi- 

 doptera were seen, including' some butterflies of singular form and beautiful colouring, 

 but, owing to the accidental loss of all his entomological apparatus, Mr. F. G. Water- 

 house, the naturalist attached to the expedition, had been unable to capture any. A 

 few Hymenoptera had been obtained, and some Hemiptera, nearly all Scutelleridae. 

 In Coleoptera a new Cicindela, the first representative of that family in the South- 

 Australian province: upwards of fifty specimens were knocked dowu one damp evening-, 

 about six hundred miles north of Adelaide; the species was of large size, smooth, and 

 of a brilliant metallic green colour. There were a few new forms of Carabidae, and 

 many species of Dyticidae and Gyrinidae, evidently quite new. The South-Australian 

 species were generally unicolorous, but these were spotted or banded with different 

 colours. Of Staphylinidae or Paussidae none ; of Lamellicorns but few ; some of 

 Copris ? ; a few Cetoniae ; some large and handsome Buprestidse, probably new; and 

 many additions to Agrilus and the allied genera. There were many new Heteromera, 

 Curculionidae both large and small, and several distinct species of a genus with long 

 antennae, which was either curculionideous or was intermediate between the Curculi- 

 onidae and the Longicorns. Of the last-mentioned tribe there were also a few repre- 

 sentatives, principally Laraiae, which did not occur in any of the South-Australian 

 collections. 



Special General Meeting. 



June 1, 1863. — Frederick Smith, Esq., President, in the chair. 



The Secretary read the notice by which the Special Meeting had been convened 

 for the purpose of considering the following Resolution of the Library and Cabinets 

 Committee, adopted at its Meeting of the 30th of March, 1863 : — 



" That the present income and the financial prospects of the Society do not warrant 

 this Committee in believing that the Society is or will be able to provide the suras 

 requisite for forming a Collection of British Insects which shall be worthy of the Society, 

 and for maintaining the same in a satisfactory state. 



"This Committee therefore recommends to the Council that the Society's Col- 

 lection be discontinued, and that proper steps be taken for the disposal of the speci- 

 mens and cabinets. 



"The Committee, however, further recommends that the type-specimens be not 

 dispersed, but be placed in some public Institution where they will be readily accessible 

 and available for scientific purposes; and the Committee suggests the feasibility of 

 some arrangement by which the specimens in question might be placed in the British 

 Museum." 



It was moved by Mr. Pascoe, and seconded by Dr. Baly : 



" That the recommendations of the Library and Cabinets Committee, contained 

 in their Report to the Council of the 30lh of March, 1863, be carried into effect in 

 such manner and at such time as the Council, in its discretion, shall think fit." 



