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Mr. Woniiald exhibited a eollectiou of Uuttcrflies from Japan, captured by 

 Mr. H. Prycr. 



Mr. W. Colo exhibited leaves of ash affected by small dipterous larva; (probably 

 CecidomyiaJ , which caused the two edges of the leaflet to turn upwards and meet 

 above, thus assuming a pod-like form. They were from West Wickham. 



Mr. Champion exhibited Amara alpina, and other rare British Coleoptera, 

 recently captured by him at Aviemore, Inverness-shire. 



Mr. Grut exhibited larva;, pupa;, and imago of a dipterous insect found in his house, 

 attacking an old piece of Turkey carpet. The larva; were long, slender, and somewhat 

 like a wire-worm. The pupse were enclosed in a kind of cocoon formed of particles 

 of the wool of the carpet. Prof. Westwood thought the fly was probably a species 

 of Scenopinus. 



Mr. F. Smith exhibited sand-cocoons found in a salt marsh near Weymouth. 

 They were the work of a dipterous larva, and were found lying on the top of wet 

 salt sand. Prof. Westwood said they were probably formed by Maclieritim mari- 

 timtim, one of the DolichopodidcB. 



Mr. Butler exhibited a very rare book from the library of Mr. Janson, viz., 

 Lee's " Coloured specimens to illustrate the Natural History of Butterflies," published 

 in London, in 1806 ; the issue having been limited to a very limited number of 

 copies. He gave a detailed account of the synonymy, &c., of the species figured. 



Prof. Westwood exhibited examples of Haltica (BatophilaJ cerata, which he 

 had found to be very injurious to young leaves of garden-roses ; also portions of a 

 ripe walnut attacked by a larva. Mr. McLachlan said that this was probably that of 

 the acorn-moth (Carpocapsa splendana) , and Mr. Moore said that he had bred that 

 Bpecies from a walnut. lie further exhibited and remarked on the yucca-moth 

 (Prontiba yuccasella, Riley) bred by him from cocoons sent by Mr. Riley. The ex- 

 istence of this insect appeared to be absolutely necessary for the fertilisation of the 

 flowers of the Yucca, the pollen being collected on the peculiarly formed palpi, and 

 transferred to the stigmatic surface as the insect passed from flower to flower, as 

 detailed by Mr. Riley in several of his Reports on the Insects of Missouri. Prof. 

 Westwood concluded by exhibiting a number of dark coloiircd honey-bees, found 

 near Dublin, attacking a straw hive of ordinary bees. They were remarkably free 

 from pubescence, and looking ragged and worn. He considered they were only a 

 degenerated form of the hive-bee, and were probably identical with what Iluber calls 

 " black bees," the existence of whicli had been scarcely noticed since his time. 



The Rev. H. S. Gorham read descriptions of new species of Endomychidee, 

 supplementary to his " Endomycici Rccitati." Also remarks on the genus Ilelola, 

 belonging to the NitidtilidcE, with description of a new species from Japan. 



Dr. Sharp communicated a siipplementary paper on new species of various 

 groups of Coleoptera from Japan. 



Prof. Westwood read descriptions of new species of Cetoniidce, principally from 

 the collection of Mr. Higgins, and accompanied by drawings. 



Part iii of the Transactions for 1874 was on the table. 



The President announced that the Library of the Society would, at present, 

 remain at Bedford Row, pending the result of nogociations in progress for its removal 

 to more suitable quarter:?. ^ 



