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1. That the grub, or larva, and the beetle, are identical, the 

 latter being the mature or perfect state. 



2. That the name is Niptus hololeucus; the slight differ- 

 ence between those found in tea and those in meal, or other 

 substances, may possibly arise from a difference of food. 



3. It is certainly an imported insect, scarcely known in 

 Britain before 1839, but now thoroughly naturalised. 



There is no evidence to show whether it exists in China, 

 so as to get into the tea at its first source ; but seeing that it 

 thrives on tea, is already abundant in Britain, and that British 

 individuals have enjoyed the opportunity of founding colonies 

 in the tea-chests that have " been three or four years in 

 bonded warehouses," it seems highly probable that they 

 have done so. Were the beetle known in China as a feeder on 

 tea, or even as a native, it might perhaps fairly be inferred 

 that it originally reached us from that country ; but that is 

 not the case. — Edward Newman.'] 



Extracts from the Proceedings of the Entomological Society 

 of London. 



November 2, 1874.— Sir Sidney Smith Saunders, C.M.G., 

 President, in the chair. 



Deiopeia pulcheUa. — Mr. Stevens exhibited three speci- 

 mens of D. pulchella, taken at Arundel and Deal, and a 

 Noctua from Dover that he had not been able to identify. 

 Prof. Westwood remarked that the late Lieut-Gen. Sir J. B. 

 Hearsey had frequently observed D. pulchella to be very 

 destructive in gardens in different parts of India. 



Herrich- Schaeffer'' s Collection. — Prof. Westwood remarked 

 that he had recently seen the collection of Lepidoptera of 

 Herrich-Schoeffer, now in possession of his son Dr. Scha^ffer, 

 of Ratisbon, but that, unfortunately, they had been so much 

 neglected that the greater part were in the worst condition. 

 The collection of Tortrices, formed by the late Herr Fischer 

 V. Roslerstamm, were, however, still in good preservation. 



Rare British Lepidoptera. — Mr. Bird exhibited specimens 

 of Sesia culiciformis ; bred Irom pupae obtained at Rowhill 

 Wood, near Bexley. The usual type with the red band 

 across the body is not uncommon, but those exhibited had 

 the baud yellow. Mr. Bird had bred several this and last 



