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February 6, I860. 

 J. VV, Douglas, Esq., President, in the chair. 



Donations. 



The following donations were announcgd, and thanks ordered to be presented to 

 the donors: — 'The Zoologist' for February; presented by the Editor. 'Notes on the 

 Silkworms of India,' by Capt. Thomas Hutton ; by the Author. ' Synopsis of the 

 known Asiatic Species of Silk-producing Moths, with Descriptions of some New 

 Species from India,' by Frederic Moore, Assist. Museum India House ; by the 

 Author. ' Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung,' 1859, Nos. 10 — 12; by the Entomolo- 

 gical Society of Stettin. 'The Journal of the Society of Arts ' for January; by the 

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

 Part 8 ; by the Author, John Curtis, Esq., F.L.S. ' Nouveau Guide de 1' Amateur 

 d'Insectes, par plusieurs Membres de la Sociele Entomologique de France ' ; by H. T. 

 Stainton, Esq. 'An Address delivered at the Anniversary Meeting of the Entomo- 

 logical Society of London, on Monday, January 23, I860'; by H. T. Stainton, Esq. 

 ' Notice of the Presentation of the Hope Collections to the University of Oxford' ; by 

 J. O. Weslwood, Esq., M.A., &c. 



Election of a Subscriber. 



Arthur E. Crafter, Esq., of Tokenhouse Yard, was balloted for and elected a 

 Subscriber to the Society. 



Exhibitions, 



Mr. W. W. Saunders exhibited two fine Orthoptera, a Phasma from New South 

 Wales, and a Gryllus from Peru, both insects being entirely covered with diverging 

 spines. 



Mr. Stevens exhibited specimens of a species of Coccyx allied to C. strobilana, 

 L?nn., but much larger ; he had recently bred them from cones of Conus Benthamraiana, 

 received from California. 



Mr. Waterhouse exhibited specimens of a species of Benibidium, which he stated 

 he had had in his collection for many years separated as a distinct species, but hitherto 

 had been unable to identify with any description. The insect in question greatly 

 resembles the Leja lampros of our collections, but differs in being shorter and 

 broader, and in having the antennss entirely black; the legs, moreover, are entirely 

 black, or with a mere indistinct trace of rufo-piceous in the tibiie; the head is broader 

 than that of L. lampros, the frontal ridge relatively much broader, and the lateral sulci 

 less strong; the thorax is broader and relatively shorter, less contracted behind, the 

 sides more strongly rounded, and here the rounded outline is continued almost to the 

 posterior angle. In B. lampros the side is distinctly sinuated at a greater distance 

 above the angle, and the angle thus becomes prominent and somewhat acute, whereas 

 in the insect exhibited the angle is a right angle; the transverse depression on the 

 back of the thorax is less strongly marked, and the lateral fovea are smaller; the 

 elytra are shorter, more ovate, and more convex; the striae scarcely differ, excepting 

 that the punctures are a little less strong. 



