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hedge to stop a gap ; the bees were attached to the points of the thorns by their man- 

 dibles, with their bodies stuck out straight and stiflf in a line with the thorns, but quite 

 clear of them. Almost every thorn on one part of the bush was grasped by a bee. 

 They were attached so firmly, and were so loth to move, that it required a good shake 

 to dislodge them; and when disturbed they immediately set about attaching them- 

 selves afresh. I broke oflf a twig and carried it to my residence, a quarter of a mile 

 distant, swinging it about, but not one of them relaxed its grasp. On going early to 

 the spot next morning I found the bush still thickly peopled with them, still attached 

 attached by the mandibles alone, the legs being folded under the body, the body itself 

 standing out stiff from the points of the thorns.' 



" This habit in the males of Cbelostoma being new to me, I have thought it worth 

 recording in our ' Proceedings.' The bees were no doubt, as Mr. Kearley suggests, 

 settling themselves for the night. I have frequently found them huddled together by 

 half-dozens in the closed petals of flowers, but never in the manner above described. 



Mr. Westwood read a paper on species of Callirhipus, Sec, chiefly taken in Cey- 

 lon, by Herr Neitner. 



Mr. Moore read descriptions of undescribed species of Euploea in the collection of 

 the East India Company. 



The President expressed his intention to invite the members to a day's excursion 

 at Reigate during the present month. 



July 6, 1857. 



W. Wilson Saunders, Esq., President, in the chair. 



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

 donors: — ' Nouveaux Memoires de la Societe Imperiale des Naturaiistes de Moscou 

 dedies a sa Majeste I'Empereur Alexandre II.' Tome x. Formant le Tome xvi. de la 

 collection ; ' Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturaiistes de Moscou,' annee 

 1855, Nos. 2 — 4 ; annee 1856, No. 1. ; presented by the Society. ' Exotic Butterflies,' 

 Part XXIII. ; by W. W. Saunders, Esq. ' Journal of the Proceedings of the Lin- 

 nean Society,' Vol. ii. No. 5 ; by the Society. 'The Zoologist' for July; by the 

 Editor. ' The Athenaeum ' for May and June ; by the Editor. ' The Literary Ga- 

 zette' for June ; by the Editor. ' The Journal of the Society of Arts' for June ; by 

 the Society. ' Revue et Magasin de Zoologie,' 1857, No. 5; by the Editor, M. F. E. 

 Guerin-Meneville. ' Elements of Entomology,' No. 10 ; ' The Entomologist's 

 Weekly Intelligencer,' Nos. 33 to 40 inclusive ; by H. T. Stainton, Esq. ' Fabricia 

 Entomologica,' Supplement to the 1st Livraison, and Livr. II. (the Plate illustrating 

 the paper, by M.M. Saunders and Jekel, on new genera and species of Curculionidae, 

 presented some time since); by M. Henri Jekel. 'Zur Flora Westphalens Von Dr. 

 Karsch ;' by Francis Walker, Esq. 



Election of a Member. 



Alfred F. Sealy, Esq., of 70, Trumpinglon Street, Cambridge, was balloted for and 

 elected a Member of the Society. 



