Ixxxiv JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS. 



January Ath, 1836. 

 The Rev. F. W. Hope, President, in the Chair. 



Donations. 



Genera et Species Curculionidum, Vol. 3, part 1. By C. J. 

 Schonherr, For. Hon. M.E.S., the Author thereof. 



No. 80 of Illustrations of British Entomology. By Mr. Ste- 

 phens. 



No. 14 of The Analyst. By the Editor. 



A collection of Lepidopterous insects, chiefly from India. By 

 Mr. Hope. 



A series of specimens of Sirex juvencus. By W. Raddon, Esq, 



Hknry George Wells, Esq., of Surbiton Lodge, Kingston, 

 was elected an Ordinary Member of the Society. 



M. F. G. PiCTET, Professor of Natural History, of Geneva; 



M. Leon Dufour, of Saint Sever, France ; 

 were elected Ordinary Foreign Members. 



The President announced the arrival of the collection of Mr. Kirby 

 at the Society's rooms, and congratulated the Society on the acquisi- 

 tion of a standard cabinet of reference, many of the species being 

 unique. He also stated that, with the view of accomplishing the 

 proposals contained in the circular letter which had been forwarded 

 to the members, a subscription had been entered into. 



Exhibitions, Memoirs, &c. 



M. HoflFman, of Munich, who was present as a visitor, exhibited 

 a series of preparations of the silk- worm, in all its states, together 

 with specimens of the cocoon, showing the different layers of silk of 

 which the latter are composed ; and stated the successful results of a 

 jiroceeding whereby the intermediate and most valuable layer was 

 increased, and which was eflfected by causing the larva to spin its 

 cocoon in a very confined situation, whereby it is prevented from 

 making a scaffolding to support the cocoon, and which ordinarily 

 causes a considerable loss of the silk. 



Mr. Westwood exhibited two species of the Crustaceous genus 

 Megalopa, sent to him from Ireland by R. Patterson, Esq., and which 



