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among some Oysters, which were stated to have come front 

 Whitstable Bay, on the Essex coast. 



The remaining portion of M. Latreille's paper, " On the 

 Insects figured and sculptured on the Ancient Monuments of 

 Egypt," translated by Mr. Bennett, was read. 



July 13. — The Secretary exhibited specimens of several 

 new species of Cypraea, from the Cabinet of Mr. J. E. Gray, 

 which had been lately figured and described in the Zoological 

 Journal. In one of these, the C. ftivea, there appeared a singular 

 deviation from the colouring of the other Ct/pra'ce, in its being 

 perfectly free from those bands, which appear in greater or less 

 number upon the whole of the species hitherto described. A series 

 of Patella cceriilea and P. pellucida was also exhibited, which 

 identified them as one species, diiFering in form, opacity, and 

 colour, according to the nature of the surface, whether flat or 

 rounded, to which the shell is attached : as also a specimen 

 illustrative of the same fact, being an union of the Patella com- 

 j)ressu and P. miniata ; an anomaly, which had been observed 

 by Lamarck with considerable surprise. The present specimen 

 exhibited at its apex the form of P. miniata, in the middle that 

 of P. compressOy and at its base it reassumed the character of 

 P. miniata. 



A portion of a paper " On the Flight of Insects," by J. 

 Chabrier, translated by Mr. Bennett, was read. 



Julij 27. — The Rev. Mr. Kirby, F.R. and L.S. exhibited speci- 

 mens of the following new insects, referred to in the " Introduc- 

 tion to Entomology," viz. Hexagonia termitiaia, Onthophagus 

 cervicornis, Onthophagus aries, Mimela nigricans, Gnathocera im- 

 maculata. The same gentleman also exhibited two specimens of 

 Stylops Melittce, one of which was taken in the spring of the 

 present year; and the other was the specimen originally described 

 in the Linnean Transactions. 



A continuation of M. Chabrier's paper " On the Flight of 

 Insects," was read by Mr. Bennett. 



jiugust 10. — Mr. Bennett exhibited a fragment of rock from 

 the coast of the county of Clare, in Ireland, in various cavities 



