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instances from varions parts of the country had been 

 receiver), and it was mentioned that their ravages were not 

 confined to the turnips. Mr. Jtinson exhibited four species 

 of Coleoptera hitherto unrecorded as Britisli, and communi- 

 cated the following in reference thereto : — " 1. Euryusa sinu- 

 ata of Erichson, taken by the Rev. A. Matthews, many years 

 since, in Oxfordshire. 2. Leptusa analis of Gyllenhal, taken 

 during tlie past month in the Black Forest, Perthshire, by 

 Mr. D. Sharp ; differs conspicuously from L. fumida in its 

 superior size, reddish brown hue, semi-opaque surface, and 

 more strongly and coarsely punctate abdomen. 3. Aleochara 

 spadicea of Erichson, taken by Mr. J. A. Brewer, in Cum- 

 berland, in the autumn of 1863. 4. Homalota notha of 

 Erichson, taken by Mr. Brewer beneath rejectamenta of the 

 River Medway." The Rev, Hamlet Clark exhibited a spe- 

 cimen of Buprestis ocellata, a native of Central India, which 

 had been found on board ship between Mauritius and Mada- 

 gascar, and upwards of fifty miles from land. Mr. S. Stevens 

 exhibited a complete set of the species of butterflies and 

 beetles captured Isy Mr. Lowne in Southern Syria and Pales- 

 tine, during the present year. Mr. J. R. Larkin, of Elm 

 Cottage, Old Brompton Road, exhibited a novel form of case 

 for the reception of insects ; the top and all the sides were of 

 glass ; the bottom corked in the usual manner, and framed, 

 so that the whole might be hung picture-wise against a wall. 

 Mr. Tegetmeier read and presented to the Society an extract 

 (probably) from a provincial (Ipswich?) newspaper of IS-'JS, 

 which contained an account of the first scientific meeting of 

 the Entomological Society of London. (This extract is now 

 affixed to the first volume of the 'Transactions' in the Li- 

 brary.) Mr. Tegetmeier also brought under the notice of the 

 Society the letters recently published in the 'Times' on the 

 subject of bees and bee-keeping, and quoted numerous errors 

 into which the writer had fallen, such, e.g., as the statement 

 that the queen selects her husband and passes her honey- 

 moon amid the flowers, that a swarm of bees is as large as a 

 bunch of grapes, that bees are affectionate and fond of 

 children, &c. It was to be regretted that a fictitious value 

 had been given to so worthless a compilation by insertion in 

 the columns of an influential journal; many of the state- 

 ments of the writer had been answered and exposed by Mr. 



