Entomological Society. 297 



pp. 102, 289. — F. Boie, On the history of the Reptiles of Denmark 

 (Pelias berus, L. ; Coronella austriaca, Gra. ; Lacerta crocea, Wolf. ; 

 Lacerta agilis, L. ; Bufo variabilis, Pallas ; Molge cristata, Hyla ar- 

 borea, L.). — Reinhardt, On new Greenlandic Fishes, p. 225 (Micro- 

 stomus grcenlandicus, Cottus bicornis). — H. Kroyer, On the metamor- 

 phosis of the Pycnogonides, p. 299 {Pycnogonum littorale, Nymphon 

 grossipes, L. ; Phoxichilus femoratus.) — J. H. Bredsdorf, Some re- 

 marks on the System of Plants by Reichenbach, p. 307. — F. Boie, 

 Entomological Contributions, p. 315. — J. C. Schiodte, On the De- 

 velopment of Azote in some warm springs in Iceland, p. 329. — J. C. 

 Schiodte, A Journey in the mountains of Iceland in the summer of 

 1840, p. 331. — V. Strom and J. Lange, Communications on Natural 

 History, p. 395. — S. Drejer, Some additions to the Danish Flora, p. 

 409. — S. Drejer, Revisio critica Caricum borealium in terris subim- 

 perio Danico jacentibus inventarum, p. 423. — H. P. C. Miiller, Re- 

 marks on the genus Limacina, Linn., p. 481. — Steenstriip, Notes on 

 the manner of living of Danish animals and the places where they 

 are found, p. 490 (Bufofuscus, Podiceps auritus and cornutus, Lat., 

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PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



May 5th, 1841. — W. W. Saunders, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Samuel Stevens exhibited a monstrous specimen of Harpalus 

 rufimanus, taken by Mr. Bond, in which one of the hind femora was 

 furnished with two anomalous appendages. 



Mr. Westwood exhibited several portable cases formed by the 

 larvse of a large species of Chlamys (a splendid Brazilian genus of 

 Chrysomelida:) , from the collections of Messrs. Hope and Miers. 

 These nests are composed of a short cylindrical curved tube, having 

 a constriction at the hinder extremity which terminates in a globose 

 knob ; the other extremity is open and very oblique : at a short di- 

 stance in front of the constricted part there arises a thin appendage, 

 of similar materials with the rest of the case, which is dilated on each 

 side into a very large and conical hollow mantle, fitted however to 

 the mouth of the case, which thus exhibits a singular appearance. 

 It is within this case that the larvse undergo their transformations. 

 Dr. Burmeister had described the nest of another species of Chlamys, 

 which, like the present, is formed of the excrement of the insect, but 

 had not noticed the peculiar bipartite structure observable in those 

 now exhibited, and of which it is difficult to conceive the mode of 

 construction. 



Mr. Westwood also exhibited, from the collection of Mr. Miers, 

 several nests formed by the larvae of the equally splendid Brazilian 

 genus Lamprosoma. These nests had been found attached to the 

 bark of the Bombax trees, and closely resemble in appearance the 



