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W. Neave, Mr. A. C. F. Morgan, and Mr. W. Warren were 

 elected Fellows. 



Death of a Fellow. 

 The President announced that Mr. F. E. Robinson, a Fellow 

 of the Society, and formerly a pupil of Prof. Westwood, had been 

 killed by a tiger in India on the 27th April last. 



Exhibitions, dc. 



Mr. Stevens exhibited a specimen of Heydenin auromaculata 

 (Frey), from the Shetlands, a species new to Britain. 



Dr. Sharp exhibited a number of specimens of Staphylijiidd', 

 prepared by him some years ago with a view to their special pro- 

 tection and permanent preservation. The insects were placed in 

 cells of cardboard, and these were covered above, or above and 

 below, with cardboard, the whole being hermetically sealed by 

 applications of successive layers of bleached shellac. 



The President said the plan appeared to be very successful 

 where the cardboard cells were left open on both sides, but when 

 the cell was complete below only one surface of the insect could 

 be examined. 



Dr. Sharp also exhibited a specimen of the cockchafer vivi- 

 sected by a bird. The whole of the dorsal surfaces of the 

 abdomen, meta- and meso-thoraces, were removed, and all the 

 contents of these parts quite eaten out, but the pro-thorax and 

 head remained untouched. In this condition the insect walked 

 about with the four front legs, and directed its movements appa- 

 rently without inconvenience, and was killed by the exhibitor 

 after having remained in this state more than twenty-four hours 

 after its discovery. 



Mr. Billups exhibited Meteorus liiridus (Ruthe), a species of 

 Ichnemiwiiida new to Britain, obtained by Mr. Bignell. 



Mr. W. White, in exhibiting cocoons of Cerura vinidn, called 

 attention to the vexed question as to how the perfect insect 

 escapes from these solid structures. He was inclined to think 

 that formic acid, secreted by the insect, was a probable factor in 

 the operation. The question as to the mode of escape from these 

 cocoons of the parasitic Ichneuvionida; and Diptera was also 

 raised, and the President, Baron Osten-Sacken, Mr. Waterhouse, 

 and Prof. Meldola made remarks on the subject. 



Mr. Elisha exhibited living larvae of Geometra smaragdaria 



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