XXX PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



East Indian territories with the seed of American cotton. It was 

 resolved to request Dr. Schaum, now in the United States, to 

 investigate the subject, with a view to the identification of the 

 insect, and the discovery of a remedy for its ravages. 



3rd January, 1848. 

 W. Spence, Esq., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



Donations. 



Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society, Vol. 8, part 2. Pre- 

 sented by that Society. 



Transactions of the Linnean Society, Vol. 20, part 2 ; 



Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Parts 30 — 33 ; 



List of Members of the Linnean Society for 1847. All pre- 

 sented by that Society. 



Handbuch der Entomologie, Vol. 5 ; 



Genera Insectorum, Part 10 ; 



Memoir upon Athlophorus Klugii. All presented by Dr. Her- 

 mann Burmeister, the Author thereof. 



Conspectus Crustaceorum, Part 1. Presented by Dana, 



Esq., the Author thereof. 



Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York, 

 Vol. 4, parts 8 and 9. Presented by Major Lecomte. 



Exhibitions, Memoirs, &c. 



Mr. Westwood exhibited various larvae inhabiting the Truffle, 

 including those of several Diptera, and also that of Leiodes c'lnna- 

 momea, of which he exhibited a drawing, with numerous anatomical 

 details. 



Mr. F. Bond communicated a note from Mr. C. Thurnall, on a 

 flight of Ephemera {Palingenia') virgo, seen near Heidelberg, which, 

 from their numbers, had the appearance of a snow storm. 



Mr. A. Ingpen exhibited a very minute Coccideous insect 

 covered with broad scales, probably the larva of a species of 

 Calypt'icus ; and also a highly magnified drawing thereof. 



Capt. Parry read descriptions of several new species of Cole- 

 optera. 



Mr. Westwood read descriptions of a number of new Exotic 

 Diptera, belonging to the familv Acrocerida;. 



