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in order to free them from the countless swarms of this insect, 

 which threatened entirely to strip the trees of their foliage. 

 Mr. Doubleday also presented some leaves of the ash, showing 

 the mode in which they were undergoing the process of being 

 devoured. Similar swarms of the Blister-fly have occurred 

 during the past summer in other parts of Essex, also at Ipswich 

 and other parts of Suffolk, also in the Isle of Wight, in which 

 island a medical man has prepared blisters of the fly ; but with 

 this exception, its commercial importance appears to have been 

 entirely unknown. Mr. Doubleday also presented three fine 

 specimens of Plati/rhimis latirostris, taken by Mr. Hewitson in 

 the neighbourhood of Bristol. 



Mr. Allis, of York. A pair of Ciicullia soUdaginis, taken in 

 the north of England : transmitted through the hands of 

 Mr. Alexander Christy. 



Mr. Edward Doubleday. A collection of insects made 

 by himself at Trenton Falls, in the State of New York, North 

 America, containing two hundred and fifty-three species of 

 Coleoptera, and other classes in proportion; also a second col- 

 lection made in the States of Kentucky, Ohio, and Illinois. 



Mr. Foster. A collection of insects made principally in 

 Ohio, Kentucky, and Illinois. 



Mr. EvELEiGH, of Manchester. A series of Cucullia soli- 

 daginisf Saperda scalaris, &c. 



Mr.BuRLiNGHAM, of Worcester. VariousBritishLepidoptera. 



Mr. Bate, of New Cross, Deptford. A rare and beautiful 

 Curcidio, from Brazil. 



Mr. Douglas, of London. Various British Lepidoptera. 



Dr.STANGER. ACrustaceous insect taken on the Scotch coast. 



Mr. Lambert, of London. Various British Lepidoptera. 



Mr. BowERBANK, of Londou. Various South American 

 and Australian insects- 

 Mr. Jeffrey Lucas, of Hitchin. A pair of Callidium vio- 

 laceum, taken by himself at Ampthill ; transmitted through the 

 hands of Mr. Bennett. 



The LiNN^AN Society of London. A selection from the 

 duplicates of a collection of Australian insects sent over by 

 by Alexander MacLeay, Esq. 



Dr. LiPPOLD. Various insects collected by himself in the 

 Island of Madeira. 



