PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, 



1858—1859. 



February 11, 1858. 

 F. Smith, Esq., in the Chair. 



The Secretary read a letter from the President of the Society, Dr. J. E. Gray 

 (who was niiavoidably absent), in which he nominated as Vice-Presidents for the year 

 W. W. Saunders, Esq., J. O. Westwood, Esq., and F. Smith, Esq. 



Donations. 

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

 donors: — ' Transactions of the Linnean Society,' Vol. xxii.. Pari 2 ; presented by the 

 Society. ' JNiemoires d'Eiitomologie publies par la Societe Entomologique des Pays- 

 Bas,' Livraisons 1, 2 & 3; by the Society. * Exotic Butterflies,' Part 25; by \V. W. 

 Saunders, Esq. ' Genera des Coleopteres,' Tome iv. ; by the Author, Prof. Lacor- 

 daire. ' Proceedings of the Royal Society,' Vol. ix., No. 28; by the Society. ' The 

 Literary Gazette' for January; by the Editor. ' The Journal of the Society of Arts' 

 for January ; by the Editor. ' Biographical Notice of the late Professor Carlo Pas- 

 serini.' ' The Zoologist ' for February ; by the Editor. ' Description de Longicornes 

 Nouveaux du vieux Calabar,' par M. A. Chevrolal ; by the Author. ' Linna^a Ento- 

 mologica,' Zwolfte Band ; by the Entomological Society of Stettin. 



Election of a Member. 



R. B. Were, Esq., 35, Osborne Terrace, Clapham Road (formerly a Subscriber to 

 the Society), was balloted for and elected a Member. 



Exhibitions. 



Mr. Stevens exhibited some Lepidopteia and Coleoptera sent from Port Natal by 

 M. Gueiuzius: amongst the former were specimens of Charaxes Zoolina, Salamis 

 Cloantlia, and some beautiful species ot Bombycida' ; also an Adela clu.selj resembling 

 the A. Degeerella of Eunqie: the Coleoptera included Hypseloj^^euia geotrapiua, 

 Sternetornus Bohemauui, Euuostus Gueiuzii, and eight species of Paussus. 



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