56 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Art. IV. — Proceedings of the Entomological Society of 



London. 



Sitting of the Third April, 1837. 



Rev. F. W. Hope, in the Chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were confirmed. 



Several donations of books and insects were announced by 

 the Secretary. 



A splendid pair of Chiasognathus Grantii, from Chiloe, were 

 exhibited, and presented to the Society by Mr. Darwin. 



A series of Carahi, collected by Mr. Darwin, in Terra del 

 Fuego, were exhibited. The Chairman stated, that with one 

 exception, he believed them to be all new ; or, at least, had 

 not been seen in any European cabinet since the days of Fa- 

 bricius ; and that they appeared to form a very valuable con- 

 necting chain between the northern and southern insects. Mr. 

 Darwin described their habits, and the localities where taken. 



Mr. Westwood, in consequence of seeing the advertisement 

 of a powder at a shop in the city, professing to protect turnips 

 from the attack of the fly, by being mixed with the seed, took 

 occasion to caution members and their friends against the impo- 

 sition. The attempt had originated from the error of a writer 

 in the " Entomological Magazine," calling himself " Rusticus," 

 who stated that the egg of the turnip-fly was found upon the 

 seed, which had since been proved to be totally incorrect ; and 

 therefore no such powder, applied in that way, could be of any 

 possible avail. 



Specimens of Termites, with part of a nidus, accompanied 

 by a note from Lord Prudhoe, presenting them to the Society, 

 were exhibited. 



Specimens of a lepidopterous larva, found in immense quan- 

 tities in a wheat-stack, near Bristol, with a sample of the wheat, 

 were received from Mr. Raddon ; and also some foreign spe- 

 cimens extracted from turpentine, and various drawings. 



Extracts from parliamentary evidence of the state of some of 

 the pictures in the National Gallery, attacked by Anobia, were 

 read by Mr. Westwood. It appeared that the work of destruc- 

 tion was going rapidly forward in one or two large and valu- 

 able pictures. Mr. Sells suggested a solution of the bitter 



