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almost every leaf of bramble bad been totally killed by tbe frost, and of 

 course the in-dwelling larvae had perished for lack of food. 



Ml-. M'Lachlan stated that it Avas generally believed that wet winters 

 were far more destructive to insect-life than dry cold ones, however severe. 



Mr. W. Cole asked whether the insects observed by Miss Orraerod were 

 actual!}' frozen throughout, since it seemed to him improbable that the vital 

 fluids in the tissues could be sohdified without causing death. It was 

 known that when the protoplasm of tbe leaves of trees was actually frozen 

 the leaves were killed. 



Miss Ormerod stated that some of the larvse observed Ijy her enclosed in 

 frozen earth were in a state of brittlencss when taken out, but nevertheless 

 recovered on being thawed. 



Mr. M'Lachlan was of opinion that animals might be frozen throughout 

 into a state of pei'fect rigidity, and yet recover when thawed. He instanced 

 the case of a fish which had been found in this condition imbedded in ice, 

 and which had recovered on thawing. 



Mr. W. L. Distant communicated a paper containing " Descriptions of 

 new Species of Hemiptera collected by Dr. Stoliczka during the Forsyth 

 Expedition to Kashgar in 1873-74," to form portion of the general work on 

 the scientific results of the Expedition, now in course of publication at 

 Calcutta. 



May 7, 1879. 



J. W. Dunning, Esq., M.A., F.L.S., Vice-President, in tbe chair. 



Donations to the Library were announced, and thanks voted to donors. 



Election of a Foreign Member. 

 Prof. N. Joly, of Piue des Chalets, Toulouse, was balloted for and 

 elected a Foreign Member. 



Exhibitions, dx. 

 ]Mr. H. J. Elwes exhibited a fine collection of Lepiduptera from Asia 

 Minor, and read the following note; — 



"On a Collection of Butterflies from Asia Minor." 

 " For the collection which I now exhibit I am principally indebted to 

 Dr. Staudinger, of Dresden, who has recently worked up the results of his 

 own and other collectors' work in Asia Minor, and has been good enough 

 to send me advance sheets of the paper he has written on them. 



" There is nothing in the situation, climate, or vegetation of Asia Minor 

 which would lead one to expect much ditference in its in&oct fauna from 



