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"Larva green, with two sharp projections on the head and one on the tail, of a 

 pink colour. Feeds on Statice Limonium on the coast, and changes to pupa in Maj'. 



" Pupa of a dull lead-colour, attached to the plant; changes to imago in about 

 three weeks." 



Captain Cox stated that some time since he found a pupa, apparently of Smerin- 

 thus Tiliffi, in a cocoon formed of silk and particles uf wood, under the loose bark of 

 a plane tree, at a distance of about eight feet from the ground: from the fact of the 

 pupa-case being much smoother than usual, and the above-mentioned singular devia- 

 tion from the normal economy of this species, he had some doubts as to its identity 

 until the perfect insect emerged. 



Mr. Armitage exhibited a box of Coleoptera which he had recently taken in the 

 South of France, containing, amongst other interesting species, Bolbocerus Gallicus 

 and Callicnemis Latreillei. 



The President exhibited some drawings of larvae and pupae of Lepidoptera, made 

 in Natal by Mr. Plant, from which he had prepared Plates for publication in the 

 ' Transactions: of one, a fine new species of Libesia, he read a description. 



Mr. Adam White communicated descriptions of some apparently undescribed spe- 

 cies of Homoptera, from Borneo and Celebes, with drawings of the insects. 



Mr. Westwood read some notes on the wing-veins of insects, in which he opposed 

 the views maintained by Mr. Newman on this subject in his paper read before the 

 Society at the June meeting last year. 



Some discussion look place on the subject, in which Captain Cox, Messrs. Water- 

 house, Baly and others took part. 



Field Excursion. 



The President expressed his intention to invite the members of the Society to a 

 field excursion at Reigate, during the present month. 



July 7, 1856. 

 Special General Meeting.— W. Wilson Saukdeks, Esq., President, in the chair. 



The meeting was made special pursuant to notice for the election of a Secretary 

 and one member of Council, in consequence of the resignations of Messrs. Douglas 

 and Pascoe. 



Mr. E. W. Janson was elected to both ofiices. 



Dr. J. E. Gray moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Douglas, the retiring Secretary, 

 whose able discharge of the duties, during the seven years he had filled the office, he 

 was sure every one would acknowledge. 



The motion was seconded by Mr. Westwood, and carried unanimously. 



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