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Stone, some of which had their heads embedded in the wasp-larvte in the act 
sucking the juices. 
Mr. Pascoe exliibited numerous new species of Heteromerous Co?coj;tera frc 
Australia. One species of Sargus was remarkable, inasmuch as it was alwa 
covered, even when living, with a floccous substance, which had been declared 
be the immature state of a fungus {SphcBria). 
Mr, Briggs exhibited Beiopeia pulchella, captured recently by Hm : 
Folkestone. 
Mr. Davis exhibited numerous preserved larvee, including a case illustratii 
the life history of Cossus Ugiiipcrda. 
Mr. Miillcr stated that Cynips Ugnicola emitted, when handled, a sti-ong ai 
disagreeable odour, and he thought that this might partially account for its rap 
spread iu this country, the odour possibly rendering it distasteful to birds, &c. 
Mr, Dunning made some observations respecting a swarm of Syrphi he h; 
noticed at Walton-on-Naze, in Essex, last autumn. Mr. Verrall had examined son 
of the specimens, and said there were six species, 
A discussion then took place respecting the enormous number of Syrplii ai 
Coccinellm noticed last season, especially with reference to the supposed migrate 
powers of these latter. The general opinion of the Meeting was, that there w 
no necessity to suppose immigration to have taken place, as the larvffi were mo 
extremely abundant a short time before the appearance of the swarms of the perfe 
insects. 
Mr. Bates read a paper on '• New genera and species of Coleoptem, fro 
Chontales, Nicaragua." 
Mr. Baly communicated new genera and species of Hispidce. 
Mr, Salvin read a "Synopsis of the Rhopalocerous genus ClotJdlda." 
6th Decemher, 1869, H. W, Bates, Esq., President, in the Chair. 
M.M, d'Emerich, De Marseul, and Oberthiir were elecced Foreign Memberi 
Capt. A. M. Lang, of Brockham, near Reigate, W. A. Lewis, Esq., of The Tempi 
J. C, Melvill, Esq., of Manchester, and Howard Vaughan, Esq., of Chancery Lan 
were elected Members. 
Professor Westwood exhibited drawings of several very large species i 
Chalcididce, and of new genera and species of Pselaphida. 
Mr. P. Smith exhibited a larva-case which he supposed to belong to a specie 
of OiheUcus, found by Mr. J. K. Lord, in the plains of Sinai, on the sam 
where the only vegetation consisted of low plants ; also a mass of earth-cell 
formed by a species oi Halidiis, near Cairo; these penetrated the sand to tl 
distance of a foot. 
Mr. Jenner Weir exhibited Heliothis cmnigem, bred from larvre feeding in tli 
fruit of the Tomato, in Spain or Portugal. 
Mr. Miiller exhibited a photograph of an example of Ptcrostichus Prevosti 
from Switzerland, Avith two supernumerary hind-legs. 
Mr. McLachlan communicated "Notes on Boreus Ityemalii:, Linn^, and I 
Westiuoodiij Hag." 
