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ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



July 4, 1842.— W. W. Saunders, Esq., F.L.S., President, in the 



Chair. 



Mr. F. Smith exhibited a number of British Vespidce, Crabronidce 

 and Apidce, accompanied by specimens of their nests, &c. 



Mr. Westwood exhibited a specimen of a new Goliath Beetle from 

 the East Indies (Cyphonocephalus smaragdulus, W., Arc. Ent.), and 

 some rare Papilionideous and Cimicideous insects from the collection 

 of the Bristol Institution, communicated by G. H. K. Thwaites, Esq. 

 Likewise a new and singular genus of Coleoptera, but of doubtful 

 family, from the collection of M. Dupont. Likewise Orchestes 

 Quercus and its parasites reared from mined leaves of oak from Wey- 

 bridge. 



Mr. S. Stevens exhibited a box of British moths taken in June in 

 the Hammersmith marshes, including the following rare species : Leu- 

 cania obsoleta and Vectis, Nudaria senex, Melia sericea, Chilo gigan- 

 tellus and phragmatellus , &c. 



The Rev. F. W. Hope exhibited a number of new and rare Co- 

 leoptera from Cape Palmas. 



Mr. W. W. Saunders exhibited numerous gall-like nidi of an 

 insect upon a twig of Leptospermum from New Holland. Likewise 

 specimens of Triphana pronuba stuck upon thorns by the butcher- 

 bird, remarking that this species of moth was the only one selected 

 by the bird at the time they were observed. Mr. Hope however 

 stated that he had occasionally observed Libellula and Geotrupides 

 also similarly affixed. 



Mr. J. F. Stephens exhibited a specimen of Calosoma sycophant a 

 recently captured at Heme Bay, Kent. 



Mrs. North of East Acton exhibited a minute wasp's nest found in 

 the interior of a hive of bees, which had in consequence been de- 

 serted by the inhabitants. 



Mr. Ingpen exhibited a fossil wing of a large species of Limnobia 

 obtained by the Rev. P. B. Brodie from the lias near Gloucester, 

 and similar to some found in the Wealden strata of Wiltshire. 



Mr. Raddon exhibited a specimen of Goliathus Drurii, Westw., 

 taken at Frisa, on the west coast of Africa, 5° 20" lat. N. and 6° west 

 long. : its food was stated by the natives to be the common bamboo 

 canes, in which it lodges for a considerable time, entering at the but 

 and ascending nearly eight feet, when it is generally found in the 

 state of a grub. 



Mr. Hope read several extracts from a letter received from Mr. 

 Savage at Cape Palmas, by whom a considerable number of Goliath 

 Beetles (G. Drurii, Cacicus, princeps and torquatus) and other rare 

 insects had been transmitted to Mr. Hope. 



A paper by S. S. Saunders, Esq., Consul of Albania, containing 

 further observations on Mygale Ionica, was read (since published in 

 the Transactions of the Society). 



August 1 . — The President in the Chair. 

 Mr. W. W. Saunders exhibited various interesting Lepidoptera 

 from Van Diemen's Land. 



