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there. Also a box of Lepidoptera, Colcoptcra, and Crustacea, taken by himself at Rcdcar this 

 summer. 



Mil. Whytehead told a very interesting anecdote of the difficulty of banishing a toad from 

 the place of its choice, and several other curious particulars in the history of this animal were 

 related by Mr. Baincs, Mr. E. Allen, and others. 



The Secretary read an extremely interesting letter, which Mr. Baines had received from 

 Mr. Spruce, who is now collecting objects in natural history on the Amazon, and who was, 

 some years ago, well known in York, as a most industrious botanist. 



Mr. Bond, of Middleton Lodge, exhibited a very fonnidable pair of jaws of a Shark, the 

 Sqiialus galeus. 



The Hon. Capt. Lawley exhibited a fine series of foreign specimens of the following English 

 birds, which he had collected while in the Mediterranean, namely: — Specimens of the Night 

 Heron, in the three different states of plumage; the Glossy Ibis; the Avocet; the Little Bittern; 

 the Great Bittern; the Common Egret; the Roller; the Bee-Eater; the Gull-billed Tern; tlic 

 Pratincole; the Grcenshank; the Land Rail; the Hoopoe; the Golden Oriole ; and a fine specimen 

 of the Pine Martin. 



Entomological Society, October ith. — J. 0. Westwood, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



This meeting, by permission of the Zoological Society, was held at their house — the new 

 meeting room at No. 12, Bedford Row, to which house the Entomological Society has removed, 

 not being ready. 



Mr. Wallace, who has been collecting objects of natural history in South America for several 

 years, and who has lost the whole of his valuable collection by the burning at sea of the ship 

 in wliich he was bringing them home, was present as a visitor. 



C. G. PiCKERSGiLL, EsQ., was elected a member, and W. Quin, Esq. and R. Shield, Esq., 

 were elected subscribers to the society. 



Mr. Bond exhibited larvae of Anticlea Berbcrata, from Cambridgeshire — a rare moth, of whicli 

 the caterpillars feed on the leaves of the barberry. 



Mr. Weir exhibited Coleophora doauratella, fi-om Tunbridge Wells. 



Mr. Edwin Shepherd exhibited a box of rare and fine species of Lepidoptera from the 

 neighbourhood of Dover, including the beautiful Vanessa Antiopa. 



Mr. Stevens exhibited another specimen of this scarce butterfly, lately taken at Ilampstead ; 

 and mention was made of several others having been recently seen in various places. 



Mr. Hunter brought for distribution many specimens of Mononychus Tscudacori, found 

 feeding on the seeds of Iris foctidissima, in the Isle of Wight. 



Mr. Douglas exhibited bred specimens of Elachista testaeella and Roslerstamraia pygmccana, 

 both rare insects. 



Mr. Hunter mentioned that he had found pieces of rag, soaked in sugar and water, and 

 hung on bushes at night, very attractive to moths, and very convenient in districts whei'e there 

 were no trees on which to put the mixture. 



The Secretary read a paper on the indcntification of tlu; insects mentioned in the "Memoirs" 

 of Reaumur and De Geer, illustrated by living larva) mining in leaves of various plants; also 

 some observations on the Groo-groo worm of the West Indies, and the method of capture of 

 this insect-larva, which is used as food, and accounted a great delicacj' by the planters. 



€\]i (Cliirrist. 



In some of the newspapers there has been a mention of a new weed that has appeared in 

 our rivers ; particularly the Cam, Ouse, and Trent. Will some of yoiu- botanical correspondents 

 favour your readers with an account of this weed, its supposed origin, and its affinities. If tlie 

 accounts in the newspapers are correct, there seems no small danger of the navigation being 

 seriously impeded. Any hint as to an effectual mode of getting rid of it, would therefore be 

 read with much interest. Some of our canals may easily be filled with sea-water, wliich 

 possibly might have the desired effect; but this apjjlies to a very small portion of our inland 

 navigation. — W. Waldo Cooper, West Rasen Rectory, September 20th., 1852. 



