584 Zoological Proceedings of Societies. 



LINNEAN SOCIETY. 



The sittings of the Linuean Society were resumed on the 2nd 

 of November, 1824, when the following papers on Zoological sub- 

 jects were read. — 



A letter from Mr. J. D C. Sowerby, F.L.S. to Mr. R. Taylor, 

 F.L.S., stating that many specimens of a fresh-water shell, the 

 Mytilus polymorphus of Gmelin, which is a native of the Danube, 

 had been found in the Commercial Docks, in the Thames, where 

 the species had probably been brought in timber. 



A Description of three species of British Birds ; two of them 

 new to the Ornithology of the British Islands. By N. A. Vigors, 

 Jun. Esq. F.L.S: communicated by the Zoological Club. 



Nov. 16. — A letter was read from John Atkinson, Esq. F.L.S. 

 to Alexander MacLeay, Esq. Sec. L. S., accompanying specimens 

 of a Beetle, found in a Mummy sent from Egypt by Mr. Salt, 

 and recently opened for the Museum of the Leeds' Philosophical 

 Society. The imperfection of the embalming appeared to indicate 

 that the person had not been of high caste : the folds of the linen 

 in which the mummy was wrapped contained several hundreds of 

 the larvae of the Beetle, and some of the perfect insects. 



Descriptions of several species hitherto unpublished, of the 

 Genus Coccinella; by George Milne, Esq. F.L.S.: communicated 



by the Zoological Club. C. circumdata, 4-fasciata, ephippia, 



parva, 6-guttata, decussala, adominalis, and cyanea, from Brazil : 

 28-maculata and 18-maculata, from New Holland ; cordat a and 

 cannula^ from North America. 



Observations on the Motacilla Hippolais of Linnaeus; by the 

 Rev. R,evett Sheppard, M.A. F.L.S. : communicated by the Zoo- 

 logical Club. Mr. S. has deduced, from a particular examination 

 of the subject, that the bird in question is the greater Pettychaps 

 of English writers. 



Dec. 21. — A letter from Mr. J. Youell, A.L.S. announcing that 

 specimens of Ardca Cayanensis and the Green Ibis of Latham had 

 been taken near Yarmouth ; and correcting some erroneous state- 

 ments of Bewick respecting Fulka (lira. 



