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expressed his dissent from the conclusion of the author, that the numerous forms of 
| Bombus therein mentioned were not true species, but merely varieties of the B. mon- 
tanus of St. Fargeau. 
Prof. Westwood directed attention to an article in ‘ The Gardener’s Chronicle’ of 
the 3rd of June, 1865, by Mr. W. Carr, of Clayton Bridge Apiary, Newton Hall, 
Manchester, in which the writer gives a detailed account of his observations, showing 
that workers of the Ligurian bee produced perfectly developed males or drones, corro- 
borating Mr. Stone’s experience as to the occasional prolificness of worker wasps. 
The Professor also took occasion to remark upon the abundance of queen wasps during 
the present year, notwithstanding the disease and destruction of the previous autumn, 
as mentioned by Mr. Stone (ante, p. 66). 
The Treasurer produced an extract from the ‘ Pall Mall Gazette’ of the 31st of 
May, which stated that an exhibition of insects was about to be held in Paris.* The 
exhibition was to be divided into two categories; the first to include (1) the producers 
of silk, (2) the producers of honey and wax, (3) the insects used in dyeing, (4) insects 
used for the table, and (5) insects used in medicine. The second category was to con- 
sist of all the insects that prove destructive to cereals, vineyards, orchards, forests, and 
woods used for building purposes. 
The President said that amongst the insects used for the table might be included 
the larva of a Macrotoma, which, under the name of “ Bardé,” was (as he was informed 
by Mr. Du Boulay) considered quite a luxury in the Swan River district of Australia. 
The larva in question had been erroneously attributed by Mr, Newman to a different 
insect, which he had named Bardistus cibarius. 
The Rev. H. Clark mentioned that, in company with Mr. Grut, he had been 
present at a meeting convened by Lord Granville for the purpose of considering the 
destination of some of the Exhibition Buildings at South Kensington, and was glad 
to find the existence amongst those present of a very general feeling that more 
Museums were required in London. He advocated the formation of district Museums 
in different parts of the metropolis. 
Prof. Westwood also spoke in favour of the establishment of more Museums, and 
remarked that there were buildings in the metropolis suitable for, or capable of easy 
adaptation to, such purposes, e.g. the building in the Surrey Gardens, only temporarily 
occupied. 
Mr. Grut said that a Committee had been formed to promote the institution of a 
Museum of South London. 
Mr. Edward Sheppard thought that, speaking with reference to Entomology, one 
good central collection was all that should be aimed at in the metropolis ; that more 
harm than good would be done by forming a number of petty collections; and that the 
experience of this and other Societies in attempting to form collections should be 
borne in mind. 
The President advocated the formation of small collections of typical forms for 
educational purposes. 
* The exhibition is announced to open on the 15th of August, and will be held in 
the Palais de Industrie, under the auspices of the Central Society of Agriculture, the 
Minister of Agriculture and Public Works being the President of the Committee of 
Organization. 
