200 [January, 1S73. 



Mr. S. Stevens exhibited the specimen of Vanessa Antiopa captiired by Mr. 

 Hewitson near Weybridge on the let November, as recorded by Mr. Hewitson in 

 this Magazine. 



Mr. Howard Vaughan exhibited the example of Cramhus verellus captured by 

 Mr. C. A. Briggs at Folkestone, also recorded in this Magazine. 



Mr. Meek exhibited Nephopteryx argyrella, a species of Phycida new to 

 Britain, said to have been captured by Mr. Button near Gravesend. He also 

 exhibited varieties of several species of British Lepidoptera. 



The Secretary read a letter from Mr. A. R. Wallace concerning the ravages 

 committed in Dr. Spence's collection of South American mosses and hchens by some 

 small insect, which, according to the exuviae, was probably some species of Tineina. 



Mr. Meldola exhibited a beautiful drawing of the dark variety of the larva of 

 Aeherontia Atropos. 



Mr. Miiller read notes on the entomological papers contained in the ' Abhand- 

 lungen der schweizerischen naturforschenden G-esellschaft ' from 1823 to 1864. 



Mr. W. A. Lewis read a paper intended as (in part) a reply to that read by 

 Mr. Dunning at the previous meeting, in which he stated that the difference between 

 Mr. Dunning and him was entirely one of words, and repeated his charges against 

 Dr. Hagen. 



2nd Beceniher, 1872. — Prof. Westwood, M.A., F.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



The following gentlemen were elected : — M. Henri de Saussure as Honorary 

 Member ; M. E. Pictet as Foreign Member ; and Messrs. A. Phipson and G-. W. 

 Bird as Ordinary Members. 



Prof. Westwood exhibited a drawing of a variety of Pyrameis cardui captured 

 many years since by the late Mr. Desvignes on Margate sands. Also drawings of 

 Strepsiptera intended to illustrate Mr. S. S. Saunders' recently published work on 

 those insects. 



Mr. Bond exhibited a specimen of Lyccena Mgon having the right-hand wings 

 plain brown, and those on the left-hand blue ; at first sight it had the appearance of 

 a hermaphrodite, but was, in reality, a female combining the two forms of that sex : 

 also varieties of Notodonta dodonea, Acronycta megace'phala (black), and MiseUa\ 

 oxyacanthce. He further exhibited a fine new British species of Ichnemnonidee 

 {Anomalon fascial 11.111) bred by Mr. Mitford from the larva of the supposed variety 

 of Lasiocampa trifolii from Pjomsey. 



Mr. F. Smith, in answer to a question put to him by Major Munn as to 

 " whether Queen-Bees ever sting," stated that he had never been stung by one, and 

 Prof. Westwood said this was also his experience. 



Mr. Champion exhibited specimens of Thy amis distinguenda, Eye, and Litho- 

 caris picea, Kraatz, recently described and noticed in this Magazine. 



Mr. Miiller read notes on the manner in which the ravages of a Nematus on Salix 

 cinerea are checked by Picromerus hidens, L. 



Mr. Dunning read supplementary notes on the genus Acentropus. 



Mr. F. Bates communicated Descriptions of new species of Heteromera belong' 

 ing to the family Tenebrionidm. 



Mr. Baly communicated the first portion of a Catalogue of the Phytophaga of 

 Japan, in part drawn up from the materials collected by Mr. George Lewis. 



Mr. Trimen communicated a paper on new species of South African Butterflies ; 

 tlie insects were exhibited. 



