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[July — August iSS.i. 



conferred upon entomological science in 

 general. Only six of the original members 

 still survive, viz. : Prof. C. C. Babington, the 

 Rev. L. Blomefield, Sir S. S. Saunders, Mr. 

 W. B. Spence, Mr. G. R. Waterhouse, and 

 Prof. Westwood. He expressed a hope that 

 the number of members would be very large- 

 ly increased before the end of the jubilee 

 vear. In concluding his address, he sugges- 

 ted that Prof. Westwood be elected titular 

 Life-President of the society, accompanying 

 his suggestion by eulogistic remarks on the 

 career of our veteran entomologist, and his 

 labors in the cause of entomology. This 

 was adopted by acclamation. 



The meeting was then made "special," in 

 order to consider certain proposed alterations 

 in the by-laws. Some of the propositions 

 were adopted, others rejected. The chief 

 resultant alterations were as follows: — No 

 "subscribers" will be henceforth elected : the 

 "Transactions" will be sent without further 

 payment to all members not in arrear with 

 their subscriptions : notice is to be given of 

 names proposed to be substituted for those 

 recommended for officers and council before 

 the annual meeting, such proposed substitu- 

 tions (if any) to be notified by circular to 

 the members. — Selected from Rntomologisfs 

 mo. mogazi)ie. 



Zoological Society of London. 



19 Dec. 1S82.— Mr. Arthur G. Butler read 

 a paper in which he gave an account of a 

 collection of spiders made by the Rev. Deans 

 Cowan in Madagascar. In addition to many 

 interesting and singular forms were speci- 

 mens of the curious tailed species, Arach- 

 noura scorpionidcs from central Madagascar. 

 Six new species were described. 



5 June 1883. — Mr. G. French Angas ex- 

 hibited a collection of butterflies made during 

 a recent visit to the island of Dominica. \V. I. 



A communication was read from the Rev. 

 O. P. Cambridge on some new genera and 



species of spiders. Eight spiders, represen- 

 ting as man^' new genera, were described : 

 two of them belonged to the family Ihcrapho- 

 sidae. one to the drassidae, and the others 

 to the thomhidae. Three of these species 

 were from Ceylon, three from CaflVaria. one 

 from New Zealand, and one from California. 



A communication was read from Mr. Her- 

 bert Druce, containing descriptions of some 

 new species of moths of the families zygat- 

 nidac and arctiidae. mostly collected in 

 Ecquador. by Mr. C. Buckley. The number 

 of new species described was fifty, belonging 

 to twenty-four genera. 



A paper was read by Messrs. Godman and 

 Salvin, containing remarks on the variations 

 of certain species of butterflies of the genus 

 Agriiis. — Selected from Zool. anzeiger, 1883, 

 jahrg. 6. 



Linnean Society of New South Wale.s. 



25 April 18S3. — Mr. Macleay exhibited 

 specimens of a small moth (^tincidae), the 

 larva of which was at present creating great 

 havoc in the vegetable gardens in and about 

 Sidney, completely eating up the leaves of 

 the cabbages and cauliflowers, and rendering 

 the entire crop utterly useless. The cater- 

 pillar, a number of which were exhibited, is 

 an active, slightly hairy, green worm, the 

 pupa is also green and is fastened on the 

 under side of the leaf on which it has fed, 

 by a cocoon of beautiful open lace work. 

 The rapidity with which this insect seems 

 to reproduce itself is most astounding, and 

 accounts for the short work it makes of a 

 bed of cabbages. The insect was, it is said, 

 first noticed last year, and then not in de- 

 structive numbers, so that it will probably 

 be found to be an importation. 



Professor Stevens exhibited a chrysalis ol 

 a Daiiais, secured by a silk line to a leaf of 

 an exotic Pelargonium. — Zool. iinzeiger, 9 

 lulv 1.SS3. jahrg. (t. p. 37(1. 



