ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. XI 



immediately after the frost. Messrs. Donglas and Weir alluded 

 to the abundance of Lepidopterous larvae and the scarcity of 

 Hymenoptera during the past year. And Mr. Newport stated 

 that some insects which are maintained at an uniform high tempe- 

 rature do not undergo the changes at the usual time, as he had 

 observed that larvae o^ Anthophora reiusa, when brought indoors 

 in October, did not undergo their transformations to pupae till 

 the following July, several months after the ordinary time of their 

 appearance. 



3d May, 1847. 



A. Ingpen, Esq., V.P., in the Chair. 



Donations. 



Annales des Sciences Physiques de la Soc. Roy. de Lyons. 

 Tom. 8. Presented by that Society. 



Entomologische Zeitung of the Entomol. Verein of Stettin. 

 Vol. 7, for 1846. By that Society. 



The London Geological Journal, No. 2, by E. Charlesvvorth, 

 Esq., the Editor. 



An Essay on the Wheat Fly of North America by Dr. Asa 

 Fitch. By the Author. 



Agricultural Magazine for April, 1847. By the Editor. 



Annals of the Lyceum of Nat. Hist, of New York. Vol. 4, 

 Nos. 6 and 7. By Major Leconte. 



Notice of James Crowther, a humble Botanist and Entomolo- 

 gist, from Chambers's Journal. By W. Spence, Esq. 



Description of Broscosoma, a new Genus of Carahidce, by M. 

 Putzeys of Brussels, 8vo., 1846. By the Author, 



A set of Engravings illustrative of the Cultivation and Pre- 

 paration of Silk by the Chinese. By the Rev. F. W, Hope. 



Specimen of a gum-like substance found in Ant's nests in 

 Poland. By Miss Loudon. 



C. D. E. Fortnum, Esq., was ballotted for and elected an 

 Ordinary Member of the Society, and M. Gray of St. Peters- 

 burgh was elected a Corresponding Member. 



Exhibitions, Memoirs, &c, 



Mr. F. Bond stated that he had captured a very fine specimen 

 of Vanessa Antiopa at Kingsbury on the 10th April, hovering 

 over nettles. 



Mr. Douglas exhibited specimens illustrating the natural history 



