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believed that the failure of the flower-buds had in some parts 

 been attributed to the heavy fall of rain and continued cold in the 

 spring, which prevented the impregnation of the flowers ; and 

 Mr. Saunders stated that it was well known in Britany that such 

 was one of the chief causes of the destruction of the crop. Mr. 

 Ingpen also suggested, that as in the preceding year there was a 

 superabundant apple crop, the barrenness of the trees in the pre- 

 sent season might be expected. 



Mr. Holme stated that he had captured Onthophagus Taurus in 

 copul4 in the garden of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. 



Mr. F. Smith stated that during a recent excursion in Colney 

 Hatch Wood, he had captured many specimens of Saperda po- 

 pulnea ; and that on examining the underside of one of them, he 

 distinctly saw a specimen of Megarthrus — ? (a small StaphyUnida:) 

 emerge from between two of the abdominal segments, and that on 

 examining some of the pill boxes in which he had placed the 

 Snperd<je, he found two other specimens of the Megarthrus. 



The Rev. H. S. Taylor noticed the distinctions existing between 

 the Swedish specimens of Chrysomela sanguinolenta, Linn., and 

 the insects known under that name in England, which he consi- 

 dered as specifically distinct, although Fabricius and other subse- 

 quent writers had given the Linnaean name to them, and had 

 altered the specific character in order to make it accord with the 

 latter individuals. 



He also stated that two specimens of Ven'dia i-maculata had 

 been recently captured at Hampstead, one of which, having evan- 

 escent markings, it appeared to Mr. Stephens and himself tliat 

 that very rare species, as it had been considered, was only a variety 

 of Venilia macularia. 



September 3rd, 1838. 



G. R. Waterhouse, Esq., in the Chair. 



Donations. 



LTnstitut, Vol. 3. Presented by M. Arnault, the Editor 

 thereof. 



The Athenaeum Journal for August. By the Editor. 



Die Aderflugler Deutchslands, Ister Band. Presented by Dr. 

 Tlieodor Hartig, the Author thereof. 



