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or sixty specimens of Dasypolia Templi in quarries among 

 stones : ]\Ir. Collins inclined to the opinion that the larvae 

 in some instances fed on the common ling or heath, or small 

 sorrel. [Has Mr. Collins seen the life-history of this species 

 as worked out by Mr. Jeffrey, of Scarboro' .? it leaves no room 

 to speculate on the food-plant.] 



Mr. Smith read a long and most interesting communica- 

 tion from Mr. Stone on wasps and their yjarasites, particu- 

 larly alluding to some diseases to which wasps appear to be 

 subject. 



January 23, 1865. — Anniversary Meeting. — An abstract 

 of the Treasurer's Account, was read, showing a balance in 

 favour of the Society of £71 11,9. 11^. 



An election for Officers took place, when Mr. Pascoe was 

 re-elected President ; Mr. Stevens, Treasurer ; and Messi's. 

 Dunning and Shepherd, Secretaries : and the following gen- 

 tlemen, in addition, were appointed members of Council : — 

 Rev. Hamlet Clark, Messrs. M'Lachlan, Moore, Pascoe, 

 Saunders, A. F. Sheppard, E. Sheppard, Smith, Stainton and 

 Weir. 



The President then read an Address on the state of the 

 Societ}^ and the general progress of Entomology, which was 

 ordered to be printed. 



February 6, 1865. — The President appointed Messrs. 

 Stainton, Saunders and Smith, Vice-Presidents ; and an- 

 nounced that through the liberality of Mr. Saunders the 

 Council was enabled to offer two prizes, of five guineas each, 

 to the authors of Essays of sufficient merit connected with 

 Economic P^ntomology. 



Mr. Brewer exhibited Corticaria truncatella of Manner- 

 heim and Ceuthorhynchusbiguttatus, both taken at Worthing, 

 at the roots of sea-side plants. Mr. Bond exhibited Bombus 

 Smerinthus of White, taken in the Shetland Islands. Major 

 Cox sent for exhibition portions of a wooden dog-kennel in- 

 fested with Ixodes plumbens, and a Cimex apparently new 

 to Science : the Secretary read a letter from this distinguished 

 economic Entomologist explanatory of the habits of the 

 Ixodes. 



a.. NEWMAN, PIUNXER, DEVO^SHUtE SXfiEET, BISHOPSGATE. 



