﻿In 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  insects 
  from 
  Shanghae 
  on 
  the 
  table, 
  Mr. 
  White 
  pointed 
  

   out 
  a 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Laraia, 
  and 
  a 
  Ponlia 
  almost 
  identical 
  with 
  a 
  common 
  British 
  

   species. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  read 
  a 
  Memoir 
  on 
  the 
  Neuropterous 
  genus 
  Mantispa, 
  including 
  

   descriptions 
  of 
  several 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Dallas 
  read 
  a 
  Memoir 
  on 
  some 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Hemiptera. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Curtis 
  read 
  some 
  observations 
  on 
  the 
  syuonomy 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  species 
  of 
  

   Acaiithosoma. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  F. 
  Smith 
  read 
  a 
  note 
  on 
  the 
  Pediculus 
  Melittoe 
  of 
  Kirby, 
  tending 
  to 
  show 
  

   that 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  the 
  larva 
  of 
  any 
  insect 
  as 
  had 
  been 
  supposed. 
  

  

  March 
  1, 
  1852. 
  

   J. 
  O. 
  Westavood, 
  Esq., 
  President, 
  in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

  

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

   donors 
  : 
  — 
  ' 
  The 
  Zoologist,' 
  for 
  March 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  Editor. 
  'The 
  Literary 
  Gazette,' 
  for 
  

   February 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  Publishers. 
  ' 
  Entomologische 
  Zeitung,' 
  for 
  November 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  En- 
  

   tomological 
  Society 
  of 
  Stettin. 
  ' 
  Exotic 
  Butterflies, 
  being 
  Illustrations 
  of 
  new 
  Species 
  

   selected 
  chiefly 
  from 
  the 
  collections 
  of 
  William 
  Wilson 
  Saunders 
  and 
  William 
  C. 
  

   Hewitson 
  : 
  with 
  coloured 
  drawings 
  and 
  descriptions 
  of 
  each 
  species.' 
  By 
  W. 
  C. 
  Hew- 
  

   itson. 
  Part 
  1 
  ; 
  presented 
  by 
  W. 
  W. 
  Saunders, 
  Esq. 
  ' 
  Ueber 
  den 
  Character 
  der 
  Tn- 
  

   secten-Fauna 
  von 
  Siid-Persien 
  ;' 
  von 
  V. 
  KoUar 
  & 
  Dr. 
  L. 
  Redtenbacher. 
  'Beitrag 
  

   zur 
  Entwicklungsgeschichte 
  eines 
  neuen 
  Blattlausartigen 
  Insectes, 
  Acauthochermes 
  

   Quercus,' 
  von 
  V. 
  Kollar. 
  ' 
  Ueber 
  Weinbeschadigung 
  durch 
  einen 
  kleinen 
  Nachfal- 
  

   ter, 
  Tortrix 
  Roseraua, 
  Frdl., 
  in 
  den 
  Weingarteu 
  von 
  Brunn 
  nachst 
  Modlung,' 
  von 
  

   V. 
  Kollar. 
  ' 
  Ueber 
  einen 
  bisher 
  noch 
  nicht 
  beobachteten 
  Feind 
  des 
  Weinstockes,' 
  von 
  

   Custos 
  Kollar. 
  ' 
  Beitrage 
  zur 
  Kentniss 
  des 
  Haushaltes 
  und 
  der 
  geographischen 
  Ver- 
  

   breitung 
  einiger 
  in 
  okomischer 
  und 
  technischer 
  Hinsicht 
  nichtigen 
  lusecten,' 
  von 
  V. 
  

   Kollar. 
  All 
  presented 
  by 
  Herr 
  V. 
  Kollar, 
  Honorary 
  Foreign 
  Member. 
  'Tavola 
  sin- 
  

   notica 
  dei 
  generi 
  spettanti 
  alia 
  classe 
  degli 
  Insetti 
  artroidignati 
  Hemiptera, 
  Linn., 
  

   Latr., 
  Rhyngota, 
  Fab., 
  Rhyncota, 
  Burnt.' 
  ; 
  Memoria 
  del 
  Socio 
  attuale 
  Signor 
  Mar- 
  

   chese 
  Massimiliane 
  Spinola, 
  Foreign 
  M.E.S.; 
  presented 
  by 
  the 
  Author. 
  " 
  A 
  List 
  of 
  

   Insects 
  and 
  other 
  Animals 
  either 
  injurious 
  to 
  Agriculture 
  or 
  of 
  interest 
  to 
  the 
  Farmer." 
  

   By 
  J. 
  Curtis, 
  F.L.S. 
  (From 
  Morton's 
  'Cyclopaedia 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  ') 
  ; 
  presented 
  by 
  the 
  

   Author. 
  A 
  box 
  of 
  Insects 
  from 
  Hong 
  Kong 
  ; 
  by 
  J. 
  C. 
  Bowring, 
  Esq., 
  Corresponding 
  

   M.E.S. 
  A 
  box 
  of 
  British 
  Lepidoptera; 
  by 
  A. 
  F. 
  Sheppard, 
  Esq. 
  A 
  box 
  of 
  British 
  

   Lepidoptera; 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Douglas. 
  Specimens 
  of 
  Sirex 
  duplex 
  ; 
  by 
  J. 
  Lubbock, 
  Esq. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lubbock 
  exhibited 
  a 
  quantity 
  of 
  Sirex 
  duplex, 
  which 
  he 
  had 
  brought 
  for 
  dis- 
  

   tribution 
  among 
  the 
  members. 
  This 
  species 
  was 
  abundant 
  in 
  woods 
  between 
  Bromley 
  

   and 
  Seven 
  Oaks, 
  where 
  their 
  larvae 
  did 
  much 
  damage 
  to 
  larch 
  trees 
  ; 
  it 
  was 
  remarka- 
  

   ble 
  that 
  in 
  a 
  quantity 
  which 
  Mr. 
  Lubbock 
  had 
  reared, 
  the 
  proportion 
  of 
  females 
  to 
  males 
  

   was 
  1 
  in 
  100. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Adam 
  White, 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Leycester, 
  exhibited 
  some 
  insects 
  from 
  New 
  

   Holland 
  and 
  New 
  Zealand, 
  among 
  which 
  he 
  pointed 
  out 
  Campylocncmus 
  Schroctcii, 
  

  

  