XXU JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS. 



J. Strachan, Esq. of Sierra Leone, and 



Adam White, Esq. Assistant in the Natural History Depart- 

 ment at the British Museum, 

 were elected Ordinary Members of the Society ; and 



John M'Clelland, Esq. of the Bengal Medical Service, 

 William Griffith, Esq. of the Madras Medical Service, 

 Dr. Schomburgk, of Demerara, and 



Robert Templeton, Esq. of the Royal Artillery, now resident 

 in Ceylon, 

 were elected Corresponding Members of the Society. 



The Rev. F, W. Hope exhibited specimens of Chiroscelis 

 digitata, Fab., and other insects, recently obtained by him from 

 Sierra Leone. 



Mr. Raddon exhibited some specimens of insects imbedded in 

 Gum Copal ; likewise some photogenic drawings of plants, &c. 

 and pointed out the advantage of employing this mode of deli- 

 neating the veins of the wings, &c. of insects. Also some fir 

 cones attacked by a species of Cecklomyia. 



Mr. Raddon also presented two proofs of the portraits of W. 

 Spence and J. G. Children, Esqs. recently engraved by him. 



The following memoirs were I'ead : 



" Some Remarks on Wire Worms which seriously damaged the 

 Potatoe Crops in 1838." By the Rev. F. W. Hope. 



" On the Habits and Structure of the Nests of gregarious 

 Hymenoptera, particularly those of the hive Bee and Hornet.'' By 

 George Newport, Esq., which led to an extended discussion. 



" Sketch of an arrangement of a Cabinet of Insects, illustrating 

 their economy and structural peculiarities.'' By W. Sells, Esq. 



May Cith, 1839. 

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



Donations. 



Observations on the Lamellicorn Beetles (from the Magazine 

 of Natural History). By the Rev. F. W. Hope. 



Part 1 of the Proceedings of the Botanical Society of London. 

 By that Society. 



