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excused himself on the plea that " Do minimis non curat lex." But afterwards he 

 devoted much attention to the Micro-Lepidoptera, and was one of the first to breed 

 the little Cemiostoma of the Genista tinctoria, now known as Wailesella. For 

 many years he was the Conservative registration agent for South Northumberland. 

 More than twenty years ago Mr. "Wailcs began to be afflicted with deafness, and 

 this infirmity increased to such an extent as to debar him from his usual intercourse 

 with his friends. When unable to continue his Entomological pursuits, he turned 

 his attention to horticulture. He was twice married, but had no family. — H. T. S. 



Entomological Society of London : \st November, 1882. — H. T. Stainton, 

 Esq., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Jenner Weir exhibited two immature examples of a species of Conocephahts, 

 found living in Messrs. Veitch'a hot-houses. He thought they were probably C. 

 ensiger, Harris, an American species. 



Mr. Billups maintained that the beetles submitted to him as having caused dam- 

 age to beer casks in Rangoon, were Tomicus Saxeseni {cf. ante, p. 120 and p. 144). 



Mr. Pascoe exhibited a curious spider's nest from Sardinia ; it consisted of a 

 silken bag partially covered with small stones, and was formed close to the ground. 



Mr. George Lewis exhibited three species each of the families Histerldcs, Sipi- 

 telidce, and Lucanidce, illustrating his remarks on the Sy»telidce,&s g\yen in the Ent. 

 Mo. Mag., ante p. 137. 



Mr. Butler communicated the concluding portion of his paper on the Lepido- 

 ptera of Chili, collected by Mr. Edmonds : this part compi'ised Micro-Lepidoptera, 

 and supplementary Noctuidce, &c. 



Decemler Qth, 1882. — The President in the Chair. 



Mr. E. A. Fitch exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Bignell, examples of Platymetopus 

 undatus, the new British Homopteron noticed in Ent. Mo. Mag., ante p. 155. 



Mr. Meldola exhibited a small moth in bad condition, sent, by Dr. Fritz Miiller, 

 from Brazil, interesting because Dr. Miiller assured him that it had been seen to 

 deposit living larvse, and hence was viviparous. 



The Rev. H. S. Gprham exhibited specimens of Cryptophagus validus, found on 

 beer casks in his cellar in Sussex ; he had found larvae feeding on a fungus on the 

 casks, and thought they were those of the beetle. 



Lord Walsingham exhibited examples of Niptus hololeucus, sent to him from 

 Scotland, and which were reported to have damaged silver plate; at any rate, there 

 were holes in the plate on which the insects were found ; he suggested that there 

 might be some corrosive property in the faeces of the insects. 



Sir S. S. Saunders exhibited and reported upon fig-insects from Madagascar, 

 collected by the Rev. W. Deans Cowan ; the remarkable thing about them was that 

 they only had four legs, the intermediate pair being obsolete. He also read a letter 

 from M. Andre respecting the terminal segments of Halticella. 



Professor Westwood communicated notes on M. Giraud's statements respecting 

 the EuryiomidcB. 



Mr. Cameron forwarded descriptions of ten new species of Nematus from Scot- 

 land. 



Dr. Sharp sent a revision of the genus Tropistertms in the Bydrophilidce. 



