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brought from its excavation, (see Westwood, Introd. to Classif. of 

 Insects, vol. ii. p. 247.) 



The few experiments which I made show their carnivorous 

 propensities, but do not manifest the same tendencies to eat sugar 

 and fruits which are said to be so common in the species of 

 Europe. 



At the end of the autumn, a large number of larvae still re- 

 mained, as well as a few pupge of females, which have not yet 

 matured. These now remain in a state of hybernation, and will 

 be preserved until the next spring, to await the effect of warm 

 weather. The pupae of the species whose habits have been here- 

 tofore described are all supposed to come to maturity in the au- 

 tumn ; while the queens in their perfect condition alone survive 

 the winter to begin a new colony in the spring. 



Dr. C. T. Jackson announced that the andalusite 

 made, alluded to at a previous meeting as occurring at 

 Boar's Head and the White Mountains, has been found 

 at the intermediate position of South Berwick, Maine. 



A halcyonoid polyp of the family Gorgonidce^ taken in 

 eighty fathoms of water, in the Bay of Fundy, thirty- 

 miles southeast of Mount Desert, was presented by Mr. 

 Lemuel Moore, of West Trenton, Maine. 



The polyp was living when it was taken from the water, and it 

 required considerable force to detach it from the bottom ; other 

 specimens were obtained at the same time. This is the first time 

 that anything like this has been noticed on the American coast, 

 at any rate in that latitude. 



Dr. Horace Richardson and Hugh Montgomery, Esq., 

 of Boston, were elected Resident Members of the Society. 



