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PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



Isl January, 1849. 

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



The President announced that the Council recommended that 

 the following gentlemen be removed from the Council at the 

 ensuing Anniversary, viz., A. Ingpen, Esq. ; G. Newport, Esq. ; 

 J. F. S. Parry, Esq. ; and J. O. Westwood, Esq. 



And that the following gentlemen be elected into the Council,- 

 viz. : — 



Th. Desvignes, Esq. ; H. T. Stainton, Esq. ; J. Walton, Esq. ; 

 and G. Waterhouse, Esq. 



And also that the following gentlemen be elected Officers of 

 the Society for the following year, viz. : — 



G. R. Waterhouse, Esq., President ; 



W. Yarrell, Esq., Treasurer ; 



E. Doubleday, Esq. ; W. F. Evans, Esq., Secretaries. 



The following gentlemen were nominated by the President as 

 Auditors, viz. : — 



J. W. Douglas, Esq. H. T. Stainton, Esq. 



A. Ingpen, Esq. J. Walton, Esq. 



W. W. Saunders, Esq. G. R. Waterhouse, Esq. 



Donations. 



A very beautiful and valuable collection of Indian insects, col- 

 lected by Mrs. M. Hamilton. Presented by Mrs. M. Hamilton. 



John Dawson, Esq., of Carron, was elected a subscriber. 



Exhibitions, Memoirs, &c. 



Mr. W. W. Saunders exhibited a leaf of Eticalyptus, having on 

 it some scale insects of remarkable character. 



Mr. J. W. Douglas exhibited the cocoon and pupa of Oxypate 

 Gelatella, found by Mr. May under the bark of the whitethorn in 

 Fulham Fields. He also read the following letter from Mr. 

 May :— 



" 26, Pembroke Place, Vauxhall Bridge Road, 

 December 28, 1848. 



" Dear Sir, — I have enclosed the cocoon of Oxypate Gelatella, 

 and yesterday again visited the spot where I captured the insects, 

 for the purpose of making a closer observation on their habits ; 

 and the result is nearly the same as I mentioned to you. The 



