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December 1, 1880. 

 KoBKRT McLachlan, Esq., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



Donations to the Library were announceJ, and thanks voted to 

 the respective donors. 



Election of Felloivs. 

 Mr. W. H. Miskin, of Brisbane, Queensland (formerly a 

 Subscriber) ; Mr. R. E. Salwey, of Folkestone ; and Mr. F. W. 

 Biddle, M.A., of Beckenham, were elected Fellows. 



Exhibitions, &c. 



Mr. Howard Vaughan exhibited a long series of Gnoplios 

 ohscuratd, comprising specimens from various parts of Ireland, 

 North Wales, Yorkshire, Berwick-on-Tweed, the New Forest, 

 Folkestone, Lewes, and the Surrey Hills. The object of the 

 exhibition was to show the variation of the species in connection 

 with the geological formations of tlie various localities from 

 which the specimens were obtained. 



Dr. Sharp showed a series of drawings of New Zealand 

 Coleoptera by Freiherr von Schlereth, which, though executed in 

 pencil, were remarkable for their delicacy and accuracy. 



Mr. il. Adkiu exhibited specimens of Cidaria reticulata, 

 recently bred by Mr. H. Murray, of Carnforth, from larvte 

 collected by hinr near Windermere on Iiitpatiens noli-me-taiujere. 

 Mr. Adkin said that as the food-plant was so extremely local, and 

 consequently difficult for Mr. Murray to obtain, he had endea- 

 voured to get the larva6 to feed on some other species of Balsam, 

 including the large garden species, usually known as Canadian 

 Balsam, but that he had not succeeded in doing so. Mr. E. B. 

 Poulton observed that this statement tended to confirm the 

 remarks he made at a recent meeting of the Society, on the 

 habits of lepidopterous larvoe with reference to their food-plants. 



Mr. Billups exhibited a number of living specimens of Aleu- 

 rodes vaporariorum (Westw.) obtained from a greenhouse at 

 Snaresbrook, where they bad caused great havoc amongst Tomato 

 plants {LycopersicuDi csnilentiDn). He remarked that the species 

 had been firot figured and described by Professor Westwood, in 



