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There is such an artlossnoss and freshtioss in R'ainnur's wriiing, Hint in laying 

 down the book, one seems to liave been listening to the conversation of a living brother 

 of the net, rather than reading notes set down a century and half ago ; and, from 

 having so recently travelled over the same gronnd with lemnalis and iiymph(EaHs, 

 I «i'i add my testimony to all that has before been given to the wonderful quickness 

 and truth of his powers of observation. — W. B. : Nooemher 20th, 1875. 



Doryphora 10-Uitea/a. — Eecently, after looking through a small case of Cohoptera 

 sent from New Q-renada, so long ago as 1845, I found two specimens of the so-called 

 " Colorado Potato Beetle." I have compared them with specimens from Canada 

 and cannot detect any difference. As it has been stated that this insect was only 

 known up to a few years ago as living in tlie Rocky Mountains to#ards New Mexico, 

 I think it well to put on record that it has been received from another district, so 

 widely separated from that which was supposed to be its head-quarters, long before 

 it attained to such disagreeable notoriety. — W. S. M. D' Urban, Albuera, St. 

 Leonard's, Exeter : December, 1875. 



Sphinx convolvuli in Devonshire. — I have received four Rpccimens of this 

 Ilawkmoth taken between the middle of September and beginning of October. 

 One was from Honiton and the remaining three from this ncighbourhood%— Id. 



Colia.i Ediisa in Devonshire. — This butterfly was quite numerous on the cliffs 

 between Dawlish and Teignmouth on the 14th October last. — lo. 



Migratory Locust in North Devon. — A large greenish locust, which I believe 

 to be Pachytylus migratorius, was shown to me on the 25th August, having been taken 

 a few days previously at Chulmleigh in North Devon. It was quite distinct from 

 Acrydium peregrinum, several specimens of which were taken in Exeter, in the 

 autumn of 1869. — Id. 



Entomological Society of London: hth January, 1876. — Sir S. S. Saunders, 

 C.M.G., President, in the Chair. Messrs. F. J. Iforninian and I). O. Rutherford 

 were elected Members; and Mr. F. Phiock and Professor Dickson, Subscribers. 



The Rev. R. P. Murray exhibited a series of Lepidoptera and other insects 

 taken in the Alps during the past summer, including interesting local varieties. 



Mr. S. Stevens exhibited a Dragon-fly {.Jischna mixta ; not a common species), 

 found dead in his garden at Norwood in the middle of last November. 



Mr. Champion exliibited Aleochara hibernica, Rye, from Slicve Donard in 

 Ireland, Homalota egregia, Rye, from Caterham, and Cryptophagus subfumatus, 

 Kraatz, from the London District (described in No. 1 10 of this Magazine). 



Mr. Bales communicated " Additions to the list of the Geodephagous Colenptera 

 of Japan." Mr. Miskin, of Brisbane, communicated the description of a gigantic species 

 of Saturniida: from Cape York, which he termed Attacui Jlercnies. The insect ex- 

 panded to nine inches, and the hind-wings were furnished witli long tails ; both sexes 

 were in the Brisbane Museum. Mr. C. O. Watcrhouso conmiunicatcd a paper on 

 new genera and species of Coleopiera belonging to various groups. 



Part iv of the " Transactions " for 1875 was on (he table. 



