introduced. His only object was to sliow that our Honorary Member, 

 who was not present to defend himself, had not in fact done that which 

 Mr. Lewis supposed him to have done. 



New Part of the inoposed General Catalogue of British Insects. 



A further portion of this Catalogue, comprising the Chrysididse, Ichneu- 

 monidse, Braconidse and Evaniidae, compiled by the Rev. T. A. Marshall, 

 was on the table; and remarks thereon, by Mr. Marshall, were read. 



New Part of ' Transactions.' 



Part iii. of the ' Transactions' for 187:2, published in August, was on the 

 table. 



November 18, 1872. 

 H. W. Bates, Esq., F.L.S., &c., in the chair. 



Election of a Subscriber. 

 Noah Greening, Esq. of Warrington, was balloted for, and elected. 



Exhibitions, dc. 



Mr. S. Stevens exhibited an example of Vanessa Autiopa captured by 

 Mr. Hewitson, at Wey bridge, on the 1st instant. 



Mr. Howard Vaughan exhibited Crambus verellus, a species recently 

 detected as British, captured by Mr. C. A. Briggs at Folkestone, in July ; 

 and he stated that he had seen two other British examples in the collections 

 of Mr. S. Stevens and Mr. H. R. Cox respectively. He also exhibited 

 varieties of Pyrameis cardui and Vanessa Atalanta. 



Mr. Meek exhibited Nephopteryx argyrella, a species of Phycida3 not in 

 the British Lists, which he said had been captured by Mr. Button near 

 Gravesend ; also varieties of Arctia caja and other Lepidoptera. 



The Secretary read a letter received from Mr. A. R. Wallace, enclosing 

 exuvipe of some insect that had been causing ravages in the collection of 

 South American mosses and lichens collected by Dr. Spruce. The exuviae 

 appeared to pertain to some species of Tineina. 



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