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On motion of Prof. J. Ennis, the following was adopted : — 

 Resolved, That a Committee of three be appointed to draw up for 

 publication in the '• Proceedings" of this Society, a memoir setting 

 forth, in an appropriate manner, the labors and endowments of Dr. 

 Thos. B. Wilson in the Entomological Society of Philadelphia. 

 Committee — Prof. Ennis, Bland and Knight. 



April 10. 1865. 

 President Bland in the Chair. 

 Ten members present. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



The following works were presented by Bathmell Wilson, Esq., Exe- 

 cutor of the Estate of Dr. Thomas B. Wilson, deceased: — 



Exotic Butterflies, by Win. C. Hewitson. Part 53. 4to. 



Annale* de la Societe Entomologique de France, 4e ser. torn. 4, trim. 

 3. 8vo. 



Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society. Zoology. No. 

 30. 8vo. 



Revue et Magasin de Zoologie. 18G4, Nos. 10 — 12. 8vo. 



The Zoologist for January and February, 1S05. 8vo. 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1864, pari 1 . 8vo. 



\V R I TT K N C MM U N I CATION S. 

 A letter was read from Mr. Charles Sonne, dated Chicago, ill.. Feb. 

 23. 1865. acknowledging his election as a Corresponding Member of 

 the Society. 



The following communication, dated New York, March 11, 1865 

 was read from Baron 11. Osteu Sacken : — 



In the first volume of the Proceedings of the Society, page 125 (Plate I. figure 

 S), I have described a remarkable, large coleopterous larva, the imago of 

 which was unknown, and owing to the size and the striking peculiarities oi tin- 

 larva, was almost impossible to be guessed at. On page 129 of the same paper, 

 I mentioned a specimen of a much smaller larva, also different in coloring, 

 which I thought had, nevertheless, to be referred to the same genus. The latter 

 larva belonged to Dr. LeConte's collection, to whom it was communicated by 

 Prof. Haldeman, with the remark that it was luminous. I observed at that time 

 that if such really was the case, and if the small larvae really belonged to the 

 same genus with the large ones, it would riot be surprising at all if the large 

 larvae wen- also luminous. 



Last September, Mr. J. Carson Brevoort was fortunate enough to find one of 

 the large larvae near West Point. N". Y., under a stone. The specimen is three 

 inches long, and belongs to the same species as that which I have figured. 



