﻿a 
  Mexican 
  entomologist, 
  wished 
  to 
  enter 
  into 
  correspondence 
  with 
  English 
  entomo- 
  

   logists. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Edwin 
  Shepherd 
  exhibited 
  larvae 
  of 
  Botys 
  Urticalis, 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  underside 
  

   of 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  the 
  bark 
  of 
  wood 
  which 
  had 
  formed 
  part 
  of 
  a 
  fence, 
  where 
  they 
  had 
  

   spun 
  their 
  cocoons 
  and 
  had 
  hybernated, 
  having 
  not 
  yet 
  passed 
  into 
  the 
  pupa 
  state. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Douglas, 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  Cooke, 
  exhibited 
  a 
  book 
  of 
  drawings 
  of 
  Indian 
  

   insects 
  of 
  all 
  orders, 
  belonging 
  to 
  Captain 
  Wroughton, 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  Army. 
  The 
  

   beauty 
  and 
  fidelity 
  of 
  these 
  drawings 
  excited 
  great 
  admiration. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Douglas 
  exhibited 
  Nepticula 
  aurella, 
  taken 
  at 
  Darenth 
  Wood 
  on 
  the 
  24th 
  of 
  

   March, 
  a 
  very 
  early 
  appearance, 
  and 
  N. 
  ignobilella, 
  bred 
  from 
  a 
  leaf 
  of 
  hazel, 
  gathered 
  

   in 
  the 
  autumn. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Douglas 
  also 
  exhibited 
  larvae 
  of 
  Gelechia 
  contigua, 
  in 
  the 
  tops 
  of 
  young 
  shoots 
  

   of 
  Stellaria 
  holostea, 
  larvee 
  of 
  G. 
  fraternella 
  in 
  shoots 
  of 
  Stellaria 
  uliginosa, 
  and 
  a 
  full- 
  

   grown 
  larva 
  of 
  a 
  Nepticula, 
  mining 
  in 
  a 
  leaf 
  of 
  bramble 
  just 
  gathered 
  ; 
  many 
  other 
  

   bramble-leaves 
  he 
  observed 
  had 
  been 
  similarly 
  mined, 
  but 
  the 
  miners 
  had 
  escaped. 
  

   He 
  mentioned 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Stainton 
  had 
  recently 
  found 
  the 
  terminal 
  sboots 
  of 
  Cerastium 
  

   viscosum 
  rolled 
  up 
  like 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Stellariae, 
  probably 
  by 
  the 
  larvae 
  of 
  Gelechia, 
  or 
  

   some 
  closely 
  allied 
  moth. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  exhibited 
  specimens 
  of 
  Blatta 
  Germanica, 
  sent 
  to 
  him 
  from 
  Kildare, 
  

   where 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  very 
  troublesome 
  in 
  a 
  house, 
  attacking 
  indiscriminately 
  food 
  and 
  

   other 
  things 
  to 
  which 
  they 
  could 
  gain 
  access, 
  and 
  living 
  chiefly 
  behind 
  the 
  skirting- 
  

   boards 
  of 
  the 
  kitchen. 
  The 
  female 
  had 
  her 
  egg-pouch 
  attached, 
  remarkable 
  for 
  being 
  

   nearly 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  the 
  abdomen. 
  This 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  recorded 
  instance 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  

   being 
  noxious 
  in 
  houses 
  ; 
  in 
  Lapland, 
  B. 
  Lapponica 
  is 
  very 
  destructive 
  to 
  dried 
  fish 
  

   and 
  other 
  provisions. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  also 
  read 
  a 
  letter 
  from 
  Sunderland, 
  inquiring 
  the 
  best 
  mode 
  of 
  de- 
  

   stroying 
  Blatta 
  orien 
  talis, 
  that 
  common 
  pest 
  in 
  houses 
  everywhere; 
  when 
  several 
  mem- 
  

   bers 
  mentioned 
  as 
  remedies 
  basins 
  baited 
  with 
  bread, 
  and 
  placed 
  where 
  the 
  cock-roaches 
  

   had 
  easy 
  access 
  to 
  them, 
  from 
  which, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  their 
  smoothness, 
  the 
  insects 
  could 
  

   not 
  escape; 
  phosphorus; 
  turpentine 
  sprinkled 
  about 
  the 
  room 
  at 
  night, 
  when 
  they 
  were 
  

   active, 
  the 
  touch 
  of 
  the 
  least 
  portion 
  proving 
  fatal 
  ; 
  a 
  mixture 
  of 
  oatmeal 
  and 
  plaster 
  

   of 
  Paris 
  ; 
  and 
  keeping 
  a 
  hedge-hog, 
  of 
  which 
  animal 
  the 
  Blattae 
  were 
  a 
  favourite 
  food. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  exhibited 
  some 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  cochineal 
  insect 
  called 
  Coccus 
  

   Fabae, 
  discovered 
  by 
  M. 
  Guerin-Meneville, 
  and 
  described 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Comptes 
  Rendus.' 
  

   The 
  insect 
  fed 
  on 
  the 
  common 
  bean, 
  and 
  rendered 
  an 
  exceedingly 
  brilliant 
  colour. 
  The 
  

   cultivation 
  thereof 
  on 
  an 
  extended 
  scale 
  had 
  commenced 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  of 
  France, 
  and 
  

   it 
  was 
  expected 
  would 
  prove 
  a 
  beneficial 
  branch 
  of 
  industry 
  to 
  the 
  peasants. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Smith 
  communicated 
  the 
  following 
  extract 
  of 
  a 
  letter 
  addressed 
  to 
  him 
  by 
  Dr. 
  

   Felkin, 
  of 
  Richmond 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  had 
  some 
  port 
  wine 
  which 
  I 
  rather 
  prized, 
  packed 
  in 
  straw 
  in 
  wooden 
  cases, 
  in 
  

   which 
  it 
  remained 
  undisturbed 
  for 
  seventeen 
  or 
  eighteen 
  years, 
  but 
  upon 
  opening 
  the 
  

   cases 
  I 
  perceived 
  some 
  insect 
  had 
  been 
  preying 
  very 
  considerably 
  upon 
  the 
  corks, 
  in 
  a 
  

   few 
  cases 
  to 
  that 
  degree 
  that 
  leakage 
  and 
  evaporation 
  had 
  completely 
  emptied 
  the 
  bot- 
  

   tles, 
  in 
  others 
  there 
  was 
  only 
  a 
  little 
  loss, 
  but 
  in 
  most 
  cases 
  the 
  corks 
  were 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   destroyed. 
  This 
  partial 
  destruction 
  seemed 
  as 
  if 
  it 
  were 
  prevented 
  from 
  being 
  com- 
  

   plete 
  by 
  the 
  wine 
  oozing 
  out 
  in 
  a 
  single 
  drop, 
  and 
  being 
  pernicious 
  to 
  the 
  insect, 
  I 
  

   cannot 
  form 
  an 
  opinion 
  whether 
  saw-dust 
  may 
  encourage 
  the 
  insect, 
  but 
  I 
  may 
  

  

  