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round trees, and throwing it up in mounds of fine grains. The author also stated 

 that both se.xes of this species swarmed early in the " rains," from about July 7th to 

 July loth. Of the second species— Aplianogaster barbarus v&v. punctatus, Forel — Mr. 

 Rothney observed that it, like the bee, Apis dovsata, seemed to have a great partiality 

 for the gardens and buildings of the old Mogul Emperors in the North- West 

 Provinces and in the Punjaub, the bee disfiguring the arches and roofs Vv'ith its huge 

 nests, and the ants frequenting the gardens and steps. The Hon. Walter Rothschild 

 c juimunicated a paper, entitled ," On a little-known species of Papilio from the Island 

 of Lifu, Loyalty Group." The paper was illustrated by a beautifully coloured 

 drawing, by Mr. F. W. Frohawk, of the male, variety of the male, female, and under- 

 side of the species. 



March 9th, 1892.— Mv. Frederick DuCane Godman, F.R.S., President, in the 

 chair- Captain Clement Alfred Rigby Browne, R.E., care of Messrs. Grindlay, 

 Groome, and Co., of Bombay; His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, LL.D., 

 Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, of Devonshire House, 78, Piccadilly, W. ; 

 Mr. J. H. Leslie, of 44, Cheriton Square, Upper Tooting, S.W.; Mr. R. M. 

 Lightfoot, of Bree Street, Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope ; and Mr. Sidney 

 Robinson of Goldsmith's Hall, E.C., were elected Fellows of the Society. Professor 

 C. Stewart, President of the Linnean Societ3\ exhibited and made remarks on 

 specimens of Cystocalia immaculata, an Orthopterous insect from Namaqualand, in 

 M^hich the fem.ale is far more conspicuously coloured than the male, and the 

 stridulating apparatus of the male differs in certain important details from that of 

 other species. A long and interesting discussion ensued, in which Dr. Sharp, Mr. 

 Poulton, Mr. Distant, Mr. H. J. Elwes, Colonel Swinhoe, and Mr. Hampson took 

 part. Mr. Elwes exhibited specimens of Ribes aiireum which were covered with galls, 

 as to the nature of which the Scientific Committee of the Horticultural Society 

 desired to have the opinion of the Entomological Society. Mr. Fenn, Mr Tutt, and 

 Mr. Barrett made some rem.arks on these galls. Mr. Elwes also exhibited a large 

 number of species of Heterocera recently collected by Mr. Doherty in South-east 

 Borneo and Sambawa. Colonel Swinhoe, Mr. Hampson, and Mr. Distant took part 

 in the discussion which ensued. Mr. Barrett exhibited a series of Noctua f estiva, bred 

 by Mr. G. B. Hart, of Dublin, which represented most of the known forms 

 of the species, includiug the Shetland type and the form formerly described as a 

 distinct species under the name of Noctua conflua. Mr. Fenn and Mr. Tutt made 

 some remarks on the specimens. Mr. W. C. Boyd exhibited a specimen oi Dianthacia 

 Barrettii, taken at Ilfracombe last summer. It was remarked that Mr. W. F. H. 

 Blandford had recorded the capture of D. Barrettii — which had until recently been 

 supposed to be confined to Ireland — from Pembrokeshire, and that its capture had 

 also since been recorded from Cornwall. Mr. Tutt exhibited specimens of Polia 

 xanthomisia from Mr. Gregson's collection, which had recently been sent to him by 

 Mr. Sydney Webb. Mr. G. A. James Rothney exhibited and read notes on a large 

 collection of Indian Ants which he had made in Bengal between 1872 and 1886, 

 comprising some 90 species. He stated that 18 of these species had been described 

 by Dr. Mayr in his paper entitled " Ameisen Fauna Asiens," 1878 ; he also said 

 that Dr. Forel had recently identified several other new species in the collection, and 

 that there were about ten species and one new genus which Dr. Forel had not yet 

 determined. Mr. H. Goss exhibited, for Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell, of Kingston, 

 Jamaica, several specimens of palm leaves, from the garden of the Museum in 

 Kingston, covered with Aspidiotus articiilatiis, Morgan. The leaves appeared to have 

 been severely attacked, the scales entirely covering the upper surface in places. Mr. 

 Cockerell had pointed out, in a letter dated i6th February last, that the species is 

 notable for the sharp division between the thorax and abdomen ; and that he had 



