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case of an Egyptian mummy in the British Museum. Mr. Hope 

 then enters into various arguments in proof of his opinion that the 

 insects had been devoured whole by the Ibis (which feeds on ser- 

 pents, insects, &c), and that they had not been separately embalmed 

 and then placed in the inside of the Ibis. 



April 6th.— The Rev. F. W. Hope, President, in the Chair. 



Professor Owen exhibited a Dipterous Larva, which had lived two 

 days in urine after it had been discharged therewith by a patient ; 

 and stated that another specimen had been similarly discharged after 

 an interval of live weeks. He observed, that although larvae had 

 repeatedly been obtained from the human subject, none had hitherto 

 been noticed in the urinary discharge ; he therefore considered this 

 as a most remarkable case and most difficult to be accounted for, 

 since although those larvae which passed through the stomach might 

 have been accidentally introduced into it in an ordinary manner, 

 yet it was not to be supposed that these larvae could have passed 

 from the intestinal into the urinary canal. 



Mr. Westwood stated that this larva was of a species and genus di- 

 stinct from that described by the Rev. L. Jenyns in the Transactions 

 of the Entomological Society, discharged from the intestines of a 

 patient ; not being furnished with any of the lateral filaments which 

 Mr. Jenyns had considered as branchiae. Mr. Newport mentioned 

 that Dr. Carter had communicated to him the case of the larva of 

 an (Estrus discharged from the frontal sinus of a female ; another 

 female had likewise vomited a Geophilus. 



Mr. Westwood exhibited the following insect monstrosities : — 



Croesus septentrionalis, one of the hind legs of which, although per- 

 fect, was considerably smaller than the other. From the collection 

 of the Rev. W. Kirby, F.R.S. 



Lucanus Cervus, the left mandible of which was short and recurved, 

 as well as the palpi on that side. From Mr. Waterhouse's collec- 

 tion. 



Vanessa Urtica, the hind wing of which was furnished with an ad- 

 ditional perfect wing of very small size, and 



Vespa vulgaris, with the abdomen distorted. Both from Mr. Ste- 

 phens's collection. 



Carabus nitens, with one of the hind tarsi diminished in size ; and 



Aspilates gilvaria, with the two wings on the left side confluent. 

 Both from his own collection. 



A species of Clythra, the males of which had one of the mandibles 

 singularly distorted (this might however be a specific character 

 rather than an accidental monstrosity). 



A Brazilian Prionus, one of the hind tarsi of which was tripled, 

 the middle one of these three tarsi being minute. 



Mr. Waterhouse also exhibited a Brazilian Prionus, in which the 

 terminal joint of one of the antennae was doubled. Mr. Stephens 

 also stated that he possessed a specimen of Carabus intricatus, in 

 which the 11th as well as the 10th joint of the antennae was im- 

 planted upon the 9th ; and Mr. W. W. Saunders mentioned that he 



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