PROCEEDINGS 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, 1859. 



February 7, 1859. 

 Dr. Gray, President, in the chair. 



Donatio7is. 



The following donations were announced, and thanks ordered to he presented to the 

 donors: — 'An Accentuated List of the British Lepidoplera, with hints on the derivation 

 of the names,' published and presented by the Entomological Societies of Oxford and 

 Cambridge. ' List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the 

 British Museum,' by Francis Walker, F.L.S., &c., Part xvi., Deltoides ; by the Author. 

 ' Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,' vol. iii. No. 2 ; by the Society. 

 ' The Zoologist ' for February ; by the Editor. ' The Journal of the Society of Arts 

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

 ' The Athenajum ' for January ; by the Editor. 'A Manual of British Butterflies and 

 Moths, No. 25 ; ' The Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer,' Nos. 1 1 9 — 122 ; by H. T. 

 Stainton, Esq. ' Proceedings of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club,' vol. iv. No. 2 ; 

 by the Club. ' Catalogue of Hispidae in the Collection of the British Museum,' by 

 Joseph S Baly, M.E.S., &c., Part I.; by the Author. ' Stettiner Entomologische 

 Zeitung,' Nos. 10 — 12, for 1858 ; by the Entomological Society of Stettin. 



Nomination of Vice-Presidenls. 



The President nominated Messrs. F. Smith, H. T. Stainton and G. 11. Waterhouse 

 Vice-Presidents for the year. 



Election of a Member. 



Godfrey Howitt, Esq., M.D. of Melbourne, Victoria, was balloted for and elected 

 a Member of the Society. 



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