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Show 1885.] ON THE PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA OF JAPAN. 719 unimpregnated, till at last, in the middle of May, from one of them issued a living young one, and two days afterwards another from the other egg in the same manner. " I believe such a long period of incubation very extraordinary and noteworthy. I answer for the authenticity of this fact. Both young ones died soon, probably for want of suitable food. I put them in spirit, along with the mother, who died much emaciated, about the same time. If you think them interesting, I shall he happy to send them. Perhaps nowhere do they possess so young specimens of this species. The characteristic plaits of the skin along the body and tail are already clearly discernible." The following extract was read from a letter addressed to the Secretary by Mr. J. Caldwell, C.M.Z.S., dated " Museum, Port Louis, September 3rd, 1885." " I have only a few minutes before the mail leaves, to inform you that the day before yesterday one of m y collectors found a hitherto unknown deposit of Dodo bones. I shall be off in a few days to examine it. There is no doubt about the few specimens he brought me, as the upper mandible is precisely the same as that figured in Strickland's Monograph, plate viii., but a trifle larger. I have given orders not to have any of the remains disturbed till I reach the spot myself, so that there may be no mixing up of the remains of separate birds, if we should be fortunate enough to find anything like an entire specimen. The locality is in the south-west of the island in a small cavern." Prof Bell exhibited a particularly fine specimen of the Decapod crustacean Alpheus megacheles, received from Mr. Spencer, who had collected it at Herm, Channel Islands, and made some remarks on it, and on the presence of Spharechinus granulosus at that island. The following papers were read :- 1. Descriptions of the Phytophagous Coleoptera of Japan obtained by M r . George Lewis during his Second Journey, from February 1880 to September 1881.- Part II. Halticina? and Galerucince. By M A R T IN JACOBY \ [Eeceived July 22, 1885.] (Plate XLVI.) The present paper deals with the species of Halticina and Galerucince obtained by M r . George Lewis during his second journey in Japan. As was to be expected, the collection contains a greater number of 1 Continued from p. 211. 47* |
