JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS. IX 



for the insects easy of formation from its softness, or more relishing 

 to their taste from being in such state of decay, he would not at- 

 tempt to decide, 



Mr. Westwood also read a description of a minute new Coleo- 

 pterous insect which destroys the bindings of books, Tomicus erudi- 

 tus. (See ante, page 34. Memoir VII.) 



Mr. Skrimshire noticed the ravages of another of the Ptinideous 

 insects, a species o^ A nob mm, which he exhibited, and whicli feeds 

 upon prepared pearl barley in the larva state. 



It was resolved that the Anniversary Meeting should be held on 

 the ensuing fourth Monday in January, for the election of a new 

 Council and Officers, 



Anniversary Meeting, Januarij 21th, 1834. 



In pursuance of the By-laws, the four following gentlemen were 

 removed from the Council : 



N. A. Vigors, Esq., M.P, A. H. Davis, Esq. 

 Dr. HoRSFiELD. J. E. Gray, Esq. 



and the four following gentlemen elected into the Council in their 

 stead : 



Thomas Bell, Esq. Francis Walker, Esq. 



W. E. Shuckard, Esq. J, O, Westwood. 



The following gentlemen were elected as Officers for the ensu- 

 ing year : 



President J. G. Children, Esq. 



Treasurer Rev. F. W. Hope, 



Secretary J. O. Westwood, 



Foreign Secretary . . W. B. Spence, Esq. 



Curator G, R. Waterhouse, Esq. 



February 3rd, 1834. 

 J. G. Children, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



Donations. 



Index Entomologicus, No. 1. By the Autlior, W. Wood, Esq., 

 F.L.S., &c. 



I'allas, Icones Inse<.torum Rossiae, &c. By the same. 



