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(Myrmeleon formicaleo), which he had brought alive from France, 
and entered into some details relative to its habits and motions. 
He also exhibited a small collection of singular exotic insects of 
different orders, and an extensive series of illustrations of the na- 
tural history of various insects, of which he gave a verbal account. 
In this collection were contained the various states of a herbivorous 
sjDecies of Coccinclla (C. Argus, Pz.), found near Paris by M. V. 
Audouin, specimens of the insects and nests of Polistes gallica, 
Osmia muraria , Aleyrodes chelidonii, Scolytus pygmceus, Cnetho- 
campa processioned, & c. ; together with a specimen of the silk- 
worm destroyed by muscardine, of which he gave an account. 
He likewise gave some account of the present studies of several 
of the chief Parisian Entomologists, of the proceedings of the En- 
tomological Society of France for July, and of various recent 
French publications. He also gave some details relative to 
M. Vallery’s plan for preserving corn in granaries from the attacks 
of Calandra granaria, at present under consideration before a 
committee of the French Institute. 
The following Memoirs were read : — 
“ Description of a New Genus of Prion idee.” By G, R. Wa- 
terhouse, Esq. 
“ Note on the Paussus runcinatus of King.” By J. O. West- 
wood. F.L.S., &c. (see p. 85.) 
September 4 th, 1837. 
J. F. Stephens, Esq., President, in the Chair. 
Donations. 
No. 9 of the Magazine of Natural History. New Series. By 
the Editor. 
The Athenaeum, for August. By the Editor. 
Specimens of Macroplcea Zoster ce. By R. H. Spence, Esq. 
Mr. Bowerbank exhibited and presented living specimens of a 
very beautiful Cerambyx , together with its larva living in pieces of 
wood, imported from Fernando Po, and reared in the London 
Docks. The perfect insects had remained alive two or three 
weeks, and fed only on a little water daily. [Subsequently de- 
scribed by Mr. Newman, under the name of Rhopalophora ? re- 
