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larvae of Carpini on cliestnut, which they seemed to prefer to 

 anything else, as they would leave both heath and birch for 

 it. — H.Jones; Hawley^ FarnhoroiKjh Station. 



Extracts from the Proceedings of the Entomological Society 

 of London. 



January 5, 1876. 



Sir Sidney Smith Saunders, C.M.G., President, in the chair. 



Lepidoptera of the Higher Alps. — The Rev, R. P. Murray 

 exhibited a collection of Lepidoptera taken by himself in the 

 Higher Alps, amongst which were some interesting mountain 

 varieties. 



JEschna mixta at Norwood. — Mr. S. Stevens exhibited a 

 specimen of a dragonfly, rare in this country (^schna 

 mixta), which he had picked up, nearly dead, in his garden 

 at Upper Norwood, in the middle of November. 



British Coleoptera. — Mr. Champion exhibited specimens 

 of Coleoptera, viz., Aleochara hibernica. Bye, taken at Slieve 

 Donardh, Ireland ; Homalola egregia. Rye, from Calerham ; 

 and Cryplophagus subfumatus, Gyll., taken in the London 

 district. 



Remarkable Species of Attacus. — Mr. W. H. Miskin, of 

 Queensland, communicated a description of a new and 

 remarkable species of moth belonging to the genus Attacus, 

 of which a male and a female specimen had been taken in 

 the neighbourhood of Cape York. He had named the species 

 A. Hercides. The expanse of the wings measured nine inches, 

 and the hind wings were furnished with tails. The specimens 

 had been deposited in the Queensland Museum. 



January 24, 1876 — Annual Meeting. 



Sir Sidney Smith Saunders, C.JNI.G., President, in the chair, 



[The President gave an able summary of the progress of 

 Entomology during the year, from which the following are 

 extracts.] 



Bees and Wasps. — Sir John Lubbock has recorded in the 

 'Journal of the Linnean Society' (May, 1875, No. 69) various 

 interesting experiments in continuation of his "Observations 

 on lices, Wasps, and Ants:" tending to show that bees "do 



