JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS. XXIX 



Mr. Ingpcn exhibited the nest of Odynerus quadratus, which had 

 been discovered between the folds of a piece of paper which had fallen 

 behind some books. It was nearly six inches long and one wide, 

 having several openings to the cells, through which the insects, on 

 arriving at the perfect state, had escaped. It appeared to be com- 

 posed of dried mud. 



" Descriptions of some new species of Indian Ants, with Observa- 

 tions upon their Habits." By Lieut. -Col. W. H. Sykes, F.R.S., &c. 



"Description oi Lamia Nor risii , a new species of Longicorn Beetle." 

 By J. O. Westwood. 



Some observations were made upon the facts mentioned in Lieut. - 

 Col. Sykes's Memoir ; Mr. Hope considering it questionable whether 

 cow-dung was the substance employed in the construction of the 

 nest of the Mp-mica Kirbii, and suggesting that it might rather be a 

 papyraceous substance, similar to that employed by wasps. He also 

 considered that the assertion of Gould, that ants do not lay up stores, 

 was fully refuted, at least as far as regards the Indian species, by 

 the Atta providers ; and added that, owing to the difference in climate 

 and other circumstances, the ants in warm countries would neces- 

 sarily require stores for their supply during the rainy season ; which 

 circumstance was considered as sufficiently corroborated by the fact 

 that ants in warm climates do not hyliernate. 



September \st, 1834. 

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



Donations. 



Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, Nos. 1 and 2. for 

 1834. Presented by that Society. 



No. 65 of Illustrations of British Entomology. By J. F. Stephens, 

 Esq., the Author. 



Descriptions of various genera of Parasitic Hymeno])tera, from 

 the Annals of Philosophy. By J. O. Westwood, the Author. 



37 Species of the genus Aphidius, described in the Entomological 

 Magazine. By A. H. Haliday, Esq., M.A., the Author of the Memoir 

 in which they are described. 



Tlie First Part of Mr. Peale's 'Lepidoptera Americana,' 4to, with 

 Plates, was also upon the table. 



M. Augustus Ciievrolat of Paris, M. F. E. Gue'rin of Paris, and 

 M. HippoLYTE Gory of Paris, were elected Foreign Ordinary Mem- 



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