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and the remainder of the upper surface of the usual brassy tint. Hammersmith, 

 March 24, 1859. 



Lyctus brunneus, Steph. (Xylotrogus). Felled elms, Highgate, August 11, 1858. 

 Stenolophus elegans. Ditch by the Fort below Gravesend, May 28, 1858. One 

 specimen. 



Lymnceum nigropiceum, Marsh. Southend, August 3, J 858. One specimen. 



Mr. Janson announced that having recently placed his collection of Trichop- 

 terygidae in the hands of the Rev. A. Matthews, that gentleman informed him 

 that he has identilied therein the following species, previously unknown as inhabitants 

 of Britain : — 



Ptinella ratisbonensis, Gillm., var. 



P. tenella, Eric, (microscopica [Waltl. in litt.~\, Gillm.) 



P. angustula, Gillm. 



These insects were captured during the past year, at various points near London, 

 beneath the bark of dead trees. Mr. Janson added that this announcement was made 

 at Mr. Matthews' request, and that he (Mr. M.) is now preparing for publication, in 

 the * Zoologist,' a supplementary paper to his former valuable contribution on this 

 family. 



Mr. Wilson Saunders exhibited a living specimen of Scolopendra morsitans, found 

 in a chest of tea from China, and some living examples of Branchipus stagnalis: 

 this largest and most beautiful of British Entomostraca had lately been found by 

 Mr. Brewer, jun., on Reigate Heath, in some shallow pools which were quite dry 

 during the summer. 



Dr. Gray observed that he had noticed this species on Blackheath, in puddles left 

 by rain which had fallen within the previous twenty-four hours. 



Mr. Saunders also exhibited some galls on branches of young oaks, also from 

 Reigate, and remarked that they appeared to be those produced by Cynips Quercus- 

 petioli, formerly observed only in Devonshire, but now apparently spreading over the 

 South of England ; although they do not contain so much tannin as foreign galls, yet, 

 as they could be obtained in large quantities, he thought it worthy of consideration 

 whether they might not be advantageously collected and employed as a substitute for 

 the foreign article, and the young plantations would certainly be much benefited by 

 the removal of them. 



Mr. Westwood remarked that these galls were now found in the Midland Counties 

 as well as in the South of the kingdom. 



Mr. Westwood exhibited specimens of the case-bearing larva of Coleophora gryphi- 

 pennella, which had recently been very injurious to some pot-roses in a greenhouse. 



Mr. Waterhouse exhibited British specimens of 



Epuraa neglecta, Heer, Sturm, Erichs. 

 Anisotoma nigrita, Schmidt, Erichs. 

 Olibrus oblongus, Erichs. 



Mr. Waterhouse stated that the first of these insects had long been named, by 

 Mr. Murray, in Dr. Power's collection ; that he (Mr. W.) had supposed the insect to 

 be identical with an Epuraea in his own collection, which he made out to be the 

 E. parvula of Sturm, and had not inserted the E. ncglccta in the 'Catalogue/ 

 Having, however, recently had an opportunity of comparing the two insects, he was 



