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  of 
  parasitism, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  can 
  ascertain, 
  is 
  upon 
  record, 
  I 
  am 
  anxious 
  to 
  call 
  attention 
  

   to 
  the 
  fact, 
  since 
  it 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  escaped 
  the 
  notice 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Newport." 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary 
  read 
  a 
  paper 
  communicated 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  VV. 
  Bates, 
  " 
  On 
  the 
  Habits 
  

   of 
  the 
  Coleopterous 
  Megaoephalae 
  of 
  the 
  Amazonian 
  Region.'' 
  

  

  Ml. 
  White 
  observed 
  that 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  well 
  to 
  inform 
  collectors 
  at 
  the 
  Cape 
  of 
  Good 
  

   Hope 
  of 
  the 
  facts 
  now 
  stated, 
  for 
  Platychile 
  pallida, 
  which 
  occurred 
  there, 
  had 
  a 
  si- 
  

   milar 
  structure 
  to 
  these 
  Megacephalse, 
  and 
  probably 
  similar 
  habits. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Douglas 
  read 
  the 
  following 
  note, 
  being 
  the 
  substance 
  of 
  an 
  article 
  in 
  the 
  An- 
  

   nales 
  de 
  la 
  Societe 
  Entomologique 
  de 
  France,' 
  1851, 
  p. 
  323, 
  by 
  M.le 
  Colonel 
  Goureau, 
  

   entitled 
  " 
  Note 
  pour 
  servir 
  a 
  I'Histoire 
  de 
  la 
  Sericoris 
  antiquana, 
  DupP 
  

  

  " 
  In 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  Cherbourg, 
  the 
  farmers 
  give 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  ' 
  the 
  hermit 
  ' 
  

   to 
  a 
  larva 
  which 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  roots 
  of 
  Stachys 
  arvensis, 
  into 
  which 
  it 
  bores 
  a 
  longi- 
  

   tudinal 
  gallery, 
  acquiring 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  lime 
  food 
  and 
  shelter. 
  Usually 
  there 
  is 
  only 
  

   one 
  larva 
  in 
  a 
  root, 
  but 
  sometimes 
  two 
  are 
  found, 
  at 
  some 
  distance 
  from 
  each 
  other. 
  

  

  " 
  On 
  the 
  1st 
  of 
  December, 
  1849, 
  I 
  first 
  had 
  an 
  opportunity 
  of 
  examining 
  the 
  roots 
  

   of 
  Stachys 
  arvensis. 
  On 
  cutting 
  them 
  longitudinally, 
  I 
  found 
  some 
  quite 
  entire, 
  some 
  

   fistulous 
  throughout, 
  and 
  others 
  pierced 
  with 
  a 
  gallery 
  nearly 
  cylindrical 
  in 
  form, 
  ex- 
  

   tending 
  almost 
  the 
  whole 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  root, 
  and 
  containing 
  a 
  larva 
  which 
  moved 
  quick- 
  

   ly, 
  either 
  forwards 
  or 
  backwards, 
  to 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  its 
  tube 
  which 
  was 
  not 
  opened. 
  The 
  

   larva 
  of 
  this 
  moth 
  is 
  very 
  sensitive 
  to 
  the 
  air 
  and 
  light, 
  and 
  when 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  its 
  habi- 
  

   tation 
  has 
  been 
  cut 
  off, 
  it 
  immediately 
  closes 
  the 
  aperture 
  with 
  a 
  silken 
  covering. 
  

  

  " 
  On 
  the 
  21st 
  of 
  Feburary, 
  1850, 
  and 
  the 
  28lh 
  of 
  May 
  following, 
  T 
  examined 
  fresh 
  

   roots 
  of 
  Stachys 
  arvensis, 
  in 
  which 
  I 
  found 
  very 
  few 
  of 
  these 
  larvae. 
  Those 
  of 
  the 
  lat- 
  

   ter 
  date 
  presented 
  two 
  round 
  reddish 
  spots, 
  resembling 
  slight 
  bruises, 
  on 
  the 
  seventh 
  

   or 
  eighth 
  segment. 
  To 
  succeed 
  in 
  rearing 
  these 
  larvae 
  it 
  is 
  necessary 
  to 
  keep 
  the 
  roots 
  

   in 
  damp 
  earth, 
  or 
  they 
  will 
  wither, 
  and 
  the 
  larvse 
  perish. 
  They 
  change 
  to 
  pupae 
  within 
  

   their 
  gallery, 
  and 
  the 
  moth 
  appears 
  at 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  July. 
  

  

  "Sericoris 
  antiquana, 
  Dup. 
  

   " 
  Orthotaenia 
  antiquana, 
  Guen. 
  

  

  " 
  Larva. 
  — 
  Cylindrical, 
  of 
  an 
  uniform 
  livid 
  white 
  ; 
  head 
  chestnut-brown, 
  the 
  jaws 
  

   and 
  labrum 
  blackish 
  brown 
  ; 
  some 
  hairs 
  on 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  segments 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  ; 
  legs 
  

   white." 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  read 
  a 
  Memoir 
  on 
  some 
  new 
  Lamellicorn 
  Coleoptera, 
  supplemen- 
  

   tary 
  to 
  his 
  Memoir 
  on 
  the 
  family 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  4th 
  volume 
  of 
  the 
  Society's 
  ' 
  Trans- 
  

   actions.' 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary 
  read 
  the 
  following 
  letter 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  Colegio 
  del 
  Espiritu 
  Santo, 
  

  

  " 
  Bogota, 
  Nueva 
  Granada, 
  

  

  "April 
  1, 
  1852. 
  

   " 
  Sir, 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  forwarded 
  to 
  you 
  a 
  butterfly 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  ago, 
  for 
  the 
  Society. 
  It 
  is 
  

   considered 
  rare 
  in 
  this 
  country, 
  and 
  it 
  occurred 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  your 
  Museum 
  might 
  not 
  

   contain 
  a 
  specimen. 
  I 
  suppose 
  it 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Morpho. 
  

  

  