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splcndens, in the Entomological Magazine, No. XXV., p. 496, by 
whom several specimens were kept alive for several weeks, by 
moistening the gauze covering of the tumbler in which they were 
kept with water, the insects drinking it with avidity, having first 
ascertained with the tips of their antennae the precise situation of 
the drops. 
J. T. Hope, Esq., of Netley, Shropshire, 
Col. Whi thill, of the Hon. East India Company’s Service, 
The Rev. Edward Higgins, of Bosbury, Hereford, and 
Charles J. Thompson, Esq., of George Street, Hanover Square, 
were elected Ordinary Members of the Society. 
Mr. Ingpen stated that the supposed fungus attached to the eye 
of a moth exhibited at the last meeting had been examined by 
Mr. Sowerby, who ascertained it to be the anther of a species of 
Ophrys, which had become accidentally attached to the eye. 
Mr. Ashton mentioned a proceeding he had found very effi- 
cacious in removing spots on the paper of the drawers of insect 
cabinets, produced by grease exuding from the bodies of insects, 
by washing the spot with spirits of turpentine, and then scraping 
pipe-clay over it, one or more applications being sufficient to 
remove it. Mr. Bowerbank stated that this was the old remedy 
employed by print-collectors to remove grease spots ; by Mr. 
Ashton’s plan a faint boundary line was left, but this might also 
be removed by washing the spot over with strong alcohol. 
Mr. Slnickard stated that M. Romand had informed him that 
a lye from charcoal was equally effectual ; but Mr. Newman 
doubted the ultimate success of these plans, as the spots returned 
after a time, being only removed from the surface, and the cork 
beneath acting as a reservoir for the exudation. 
The following memoirs were read : — 
“ Description of the male of Epomidiopteron Julii.” By M. le 
Baron de Romand. 
“ Observations on the Habits of various Species of Indian 
Insects.” By Mr. Benson, in a letter addressed to the Rev. W. 
Kirby. 
