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of the species in this somewhat perplexing genus by its uni- 

 form dark piceous colour, strong punctuation, and the equally 

 and ])lainly serrate edges of the thorax. It is about the size 

 of C. Scanicus, and should be found on sallow-blossoms in 

 the spring. 



Sitones lineellus. This species must be expunged from 

 our lists : it was reintroduced by me on receiving a MS. list 

 of Sitones from M. Allard, in which it was given as distiuct ; 

 and knowiug that we had several specimens existing under 

 that name, 1 imagined they were probably the true species : 

 this, however, appears not to be the case. 



S. gressorius. This species is mentioned as being one 

 likely to occur in this country by Mr. Rye (Ent. Mo. Mag. 

 229). I have a specimen placed with Tanymecus palliatus in 

 an old duplicate box of insects taken by myself in the South 

 of England. There can, I think, be no doubt of its genuine- 

 ness. Its differential characters have been sufficiently pointed 

 out by Mr. Rye in the paper referred to. — G. R. Crotch. 



148. Death of Mr. MacLeay. — William Sharp MacLeay, 

 F.L.S., the learned author of the ' Horas Entomologicae,' 

 died at Sydney on the 26th of January last. He was formerly 

 Judge in the Mixed Commission Court at Havannah, and for 

 a short time member of the Executive Council of New South 

 Wales. Mr. MacLeay united with the most profound know- 

 ledge of Entomology, the most lively imagination ; so that 

 while his facts are always reliable and deeply instructive, his 

 speculations must be received with great caution. — Edward 

 Newman. 



Entomological Society. 



March 6, 1865. — The President announced that, as an in- 

 ducement to the study of Economic Entomology, the Council 

 had determined to offer Two Prizes, of the value of Five 

 Guineas each, to be awarded to the Authors of Essays or 

 Memoirs, of sufficient merit, and drawn up from personal ob- 

 servation, on the anatomy, economy, or habits of any insect 

 or group of insects which is in any way especially serviceable 

 or obnoxious to mankind. The Essays should be illustrated 

 by figures of the insects in their different states, and (if the 



