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(3.) Dr Smith said he might also notice the recent capture of a fine 
specimen of the Labrus bergylta (Ballan Wrasse), near Cellar- 
dykes. 
It is considered of rather rare occurrence in the Firth of 
Forth, though common elsewhere. It was kindly sent to 
Dr Smith by Mr Muirhead, Queen Street, as a rarity, and 
was now being preserved for our important National Museum 
of Science and Art. The fish was 18J inches long, by 13 
inches in circumference at the root of the ventral fins, and 
weighed rather more than 3f lbs. 
III. Mr W. R. M'jSTab exhibited several species oj Coleoptera, which 
had been recently collected in Egypt hy Professor Piazzi Smyth. 
Among the specimens of beetles exhibited was one from 
the interior of the Great Pyramid. It belongs to the 
Heteromera, and is apparently new^, but has not yet been 
sufficiently examined. The collection included the A teuclius 
sacer, the Sacred Beetle of Egypt; several Heteromera, a 
Graphipterus variegatus, Fab., and others of interest. 
IV. Mr Adam White exhibited tivo boxes of interesting Lepidopterous 
a7id Hymenopterous insects. 
Amongst the former the glorious resplendent bkie of a 
South American butterfly, MorpJio cypris, was very conspicu- 
ous. The curious Driver-ant of West Africa, the Mason-bee, 
Mud-dauber, and other interesting ants, wasps, and bees, were 
pointed out, which had histories and stories that would fill 
volumes. The strange diversity in size and appearance of 
the sexes of a species of Dorylus and Tliynnus was alluded to. 
Wednesday, January 24:, 1866. — William Turner, M.B., President, 
in the Chair. 
The following Donations to the Library were laid on the Table, and 
thanks voted to the Donors : — 
1. (1.) Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy, Vol. XXIV.; 
Science, Parts 4-6 ; Antiquities, Parts 2, 3, and 4 ; Polite Literature, 
Part 2. (2.) Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Vols. VII. 
