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The dark clouds rolled away ; 



And all Night's shining train 

 Of suns and stars, 

 And the great moon, poured forth their silvery light. 

 Where then was that fair star, which shone so bright ? 

 Where was it ? None could say ; 

 Yet there it surely was, although it seemed away. 



So lustrous shall we find 



On earth each lustrous soul. 

 When seen alone ; 

 And though, when brighter forms around it press. 

 We lose its form and doubt its loveliness. 

 Still should we bear in mind — 

 That it is not less bright, although it he outshined. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.— JAN. 1st, 1855. 



E. Newman, Esq., President, in the chair. Mr. Douglas exhibited a living 

 specimen of Gratonychus castanipes, Pajdiull, one of the Elaterida, not hitherto 

 recorded as British, recently found by him in the rotten wood of an oak. 



Mr. Stevens exhibited two rare beetles ; a male of Jiimnos Buckeri, from 

 Darjesting, and a female of Dicranocephala Wallichii, from India. 



The President exhibited a specimen of silken felt, formed by the cater- 

 pillars of Saturnia Pavonia media ; which were confined sepai'ately in recep- 

 tacles, presenting no salient points to which the cocoons could be attached ; 

 and so the whole stock of silk was spread over the smooth surface. Herr 

 Eetsch informed him that a series of very interesting experiments with these 

 ^ larvae was now in progress at Vienna, and promised perfect success. The 

 President read a short note on Helobia impressa, tending to show that it was 

 distinct from H. nivalis, with which it had been recently associated; but 

 rather courting inquiry on the subject, than insisting upon the correctness 

 of his opinion. 



Mr. DowNiE exhibited a bee-hive containing several «nprovements, the 

 efficacy of which he had proved during three years : consisting, first, of a 

 movable floor, by means of which the essential matter of removing dead 

 Bees, &c., in winter, might be accomplished without admitting cold air; 

 secondl^^ a series of ventilators, to ensure the admission of air according to 

 circumstances ; and thirdly, an easy method of feeding Bees. 



