Mr. Douglas had made particular inquiries of residents in the New Forest, where 

 the species occurred, and all agreed that the insect never sung nor produced any 

 sound whatever. 



Mr. Baly read descriptions of twenty new species of Doryphora, &c., and exhibited 

 some beautiful drawings of the insects. 



Mr. Smith made some remarks in reply to Mr. Janson's observations on Bledius, 

 read at the February Meeting. 



Mr. Westwood and Mr, Janson spoke on the same subject. 



April 6, 1857. 

 Dr. J. E. Gbay, V.P., in the chair. 



Donations. 



The following donations were announced, and thanks ordered to be given to the 

 donors: — Dr. Jacob Sturm's ' Deutschland's Fauna,' Die Insecten, Vol. xxiii. ; pre- 

 sented by Dr. J. K. C. F. Sturm and Dr. J. W. Sturm, through W. Spence, Esq. 

 •Exotic Butterflies,' Part XXII. ; by W. W. Saunders, Esq. ' Revue et Magasin de 

 Zoologie,' 1857, No. 2; by the Editor, M. F. E. Guerin-Meneville. 'The Zoologist' 

 for April ; by the Editor. ' The Athenaeum' for March ; by the Editor. ' The Lite- 

 rary Gazette ' for March ; by the Editor. ' The Journal of the Society of Arts ; ' by 

 the Society. 



Election of a Subscriber. 



G. Lewis, Esq., of 6, Kidbrook Place, Blackheath, was balloted for, and elected a 

 Subscriber to the Society. 



Exhibitions. 



Mr. Foxcroft sent for exhibition two pairs of Petasia nubeculosa recently taken at 

 Rannoch. 



Mr. Stevens observed that last autumn he had reared some larvae of this species 

 from the eggs, but none of the perfect insects had yet emerged, although the pups 

 appeared to be healthy. 



Mr. Douglas exhibited a specimen of Ancylocheira aurulenta, taken alive at 

 Forest Hill, but a native of North America, and not unfrequenlly sent in collections 

 from Canada. 



Mr. Syme exhibited two specimens of Deilephila Galii which he had lately bred. 

 The pupae had been exposed by him to a heat of 57°, during the day time, from the 

 26th January last; and the moths emerged on the 20th and 23rd of March. 



Mr. Fortune exhibited samples of the article known as"musquito tobacco" in 

 China. He stated the composition to be the saw-dust of pine and juniper, with the 

 powdered roots of a species of Artemisia and a small quantity of arsenic. These are 

 formed into a paste, and coated over slender sticks, of about two feet in length, which 



