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SO as to squeeze out all the intestinal matter, and then dried 

 rapidly ; the shape was of course lost, the skins being as flat 

 as the paper on which they were exhibited, but the colours 

 were admirably preserved. 



Mr. F. Sniilh exhibited various Botnbi, in illustration of 

 some criticisms upon Dr. Sichel's ' Essai Monographique sur 

 le Bombus montanus et ses Varietes,' and expressed bis dis- 

 sent from the conclusion of the author, that the numerous 

 forms of Bombus therein mentioned were not true species, 

 but merely varieties of the B. montanus of St, Fargeau. 



Prof. Westwood directed attention to an article in ' The 

 Gardener's Chronicle' of the 3rd of June, 1865, by Mr. W. 

 Carr, of Clayton Bridge Apiary, Newton Hall, Manchester, 

 in which the writer gives a detailed accovmt of his observa- 

 tions, showing that workers of the Ligurian bee produced 

 perfectly developed males or drones, corroborating Mr. 

 Stone's exjjerience as to the occasional prolificness of worker 

 wasps. The Professor also took occasion to remark upon 

 the abundance of queen wasps daring the present year, not- 

 withstanding the disease and destruction of the previous au- 

 tiuiin, as mentioned by Mr. Stone (Proceedings, January, 

 1865). 



Mr. Stevens produced an extract from the ' Pall Mall 

 Gazette' of the 31st of May, which stated that an exhibition 

 of insects was about to be held in Paris. The exhibition is 

 announced to open on the 15lh of August, and will be held 

 in the Palais de ITndustrie, under the auspices of the Cen- 

 tral Society of Agriculture, the Minister of Agriculture and 

 Public Works being the President of the Committee of Or- 

 ganization. The exhibition vvas to be divided into two cate- 

 gories ; the first to include (1) the producers of silk, ('2) the 

 producers of honey and wax, (3) the insects used in dyeing, 

 (4) insects used ibr the table, and (5) insects used in medi- 

 cine. The second category was to consist of all the insects 

 that prove destructive to cereals, vineyards, orchards, forests 

 and woods used for building purposes. 



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