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  47. 
  P. 
  Spilodactylus, 
  Curt., 
  St., 
  Sta. 
  Appears 
  iu 
  July. 
  The 
  larva 
  feeds 
  on 
  Mar- 
  

   rubium 
  vulgare. 
  

  

  51. 
  P. 
  tetradaclylus, 
  L., 
  Hmc, 
  St. 
  Appears 
  in 
  July 
  and 
  August. 
  The 
  larva 
  

   feeds 
  on 
  Thymus 
  Serpyllum. 
  

  

  62. 
  P. 
  Malacodactylus, 
  Z. 
  The 
  long-haired 
  larva 
  feeds 
  on 
  Nepela 
  Calamintlui 
  

   and 
  probably 
  on 
  other 
  Labiatas. 
  

  

  54. 
  P. 
  pentadaetylus, 
  L. 
  ^c. 
  The 
  larva 
  feeds 
  on 
  Convolvulus 
  arvensis 
  and 
  C. 
  

   sepium. 
  

  

  59. 
  P. 
  Siceliota, 
  Z. 
  Appears 
  (in 
  Sicily 
  and 
  Dalmatia) 
  in 
  May, 
  June 
  and 
  July. 
  

   The 
  larva 
  feeds 
  on 
  Ononis 
  pinguis. 
  

  

  Alucita, 
  L. 
  

  

  6. 
  A. 
  polydactyla, 
  H., 
  Z., 
  Sta. 
  Appears 
  in 
  May 
  and 
  June. 
  The 
  larva 
  feeds 
  on 
  

   the 
  flowers 
  of 
  Lonicera 
  Periclymenum. 
  The 
  flowers 
  attacked 
  are 
  rather 
  more 
  than 
  

   usually 
  thickened 
  in 
  front, 
  and 
  do 
  not 
  open. 
  The 
  larva 
  bores 
  on 
  the 
  under 
  side 
  of 
  

   the 
  flower-tube, 
  eats 
  up 
  the 
  inner 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  flower 
  and 
  fills 
  the 
  space 
  with 
  a 
  quantity 
  

   of 
  dirt. 
  

  

  Part 
  8 
  of 
  the 
  current 
  volume 
  of 
  the 
  Society's 
  ' 
  Transactions,' 
  was 
  announced 
  as 
  

   just 
  ready. 
  

  

  May 
  3, 
  1852. 
  

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

  

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

   donors 
  : 
  — 
  ' 
  The 
  Zoologist 
  ' 
  for 
  May 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  Editor. 
  ' 
  Entomologische 
  Zeitung' 
  for 
  

   April 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  Entomological 
  Society 
  of 
  Stettin. 
  ' 
  The 
  Literary 
  Gazette 
  ' 
  for 
  April 
  ; 
  

   by 
  the 
  Publishers. 
  ' 
  The 
  Athenaeum 
  ' 
  for 
  April 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  Editor. 
  ' 
  Revue 
  et 
  Magasin 
  

   de 
  Zoologie,' 
  1852, 
  No. 
  3 
  ; 
  by 
  M. 
  Guerin 
  Meneville. 
  'Exotic 
  Butterflies,' 
  by 
  W. 
  

   C. 
  Hewitson, 
  No. 
  2 
  ; 
  by 
  W. 
  W. 
  Saunders, 
  Esq. 
  A 
  collection 
  of 
  several 
  orders 
  of 
  in- 
  

   sects 
  of 
  Ceylon 
  ; 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Thwaites, 
  M.E.S. 
  A 
  specimen 
  of 
  Oryctes 
  Martabani 
  ; 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Pratt. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  announced 
  that 
  the 
  Society 
  had 
  determined 
  to 
  off"er 
  a 
  prize 
  of 
  £5 
  

   for 
  the 
  best 
  essay 
  on 
  the 
  duration 
  of 
  life 
  in 
  the 
  queen, 
  males, 
  and 
  workers 
  of 
  the 
  honey 
  

   bee, 
  the 
  discovery 
  of 
  these 
  points 
  being 
  of 
  much 
  economic 
  value. 
  Each 
  essay 
  to 
  be 
  

   addressed 
  "To 
  the 
  President 
  and 
  Coimcil 
  of 
  the 
  Entomological 
  Society," 
  without 
  the 
  

   author's 
  name 
  attached, 
  and 
  to 
  be 
  delivered 
  before 
  the 
  3 
  1st 
  of 
  December 
  ; 
  the 
  name 
  

   and 
  address 
  of 
  the 
  author 
  to 
  be 
  forwarded 
  separately. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Edwin 
  Shepherd 
  exhibited 
  a 
  male 
  specimen, 
  in 
  fine 
  condition, 
  of 
  Notodonta 
  

   Carmelita, 
  taken 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hill, 
  on 
  the 
  2nd 
  instant, 
  at 
  West 
  Wickhara 
  Wood, 
  on 
  the 
  

   trunk 
  of 
  an 
  oak. 
  

  

  