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  " 
  And 
  as 
  to 
  white 
  ants 
  ! 
  — 
  they 
  revel 
  in 
  a 
  bamboo 
  fence. 
  The 
  hollow 
  tubes 
  are 
  so 
  

   many 
  banqueting 
  galleries 
  ; 
  and 
  not 
  content 
  with 
  rooms 
  many 
  hundred 
  times 
  their 
  

   own 
  length, 
  they 
  throw 
  down 
  the 
  partition 
  walls, 
  and 
  use 
  the 
  whole 
  en 
  suite. 
  I 
  speak 
  

   feelingly 
  on 
  this 
  point, 
  as 
  a 
  fence, 
  not 
  fifty 
  yards 
  long, 
  which 
  I 
  am 
  putting 
  up, 
  is 
  not 
  

   finished 
  at 
  one 
  end, 
  and 
  the 
  Termites 
  have 
  begun 
  at 
  the 
  other. 
  Last 
  night's 
  rain 
  has 
  

   brought 
  them 
  out 
  in 
  force 
  : 
  T 
  feared 
  it 
  would, 
  as 
  my 
  table 
  was 
  covered 
  with 
  winged 
  

   females, 
  which 
  flocked 
  in 
  to 
  the 
  lamp. 
  By 
  the 
  way, 
  how 
  many 
  species 
  are 
  there 
  of 
  

   this 
  genus 
  ? 
  We 
  have 
  a 
  black 
  variety, 
  very 
  rare., 
  thank 
  goodness 
  ! 
  and 
  I 
  certainly 
  have 
  

   seen 
  three 
  if 
  not 
  four 
  varieties 
  of 
  winged 
  females. 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  am, 
  dear 
  Sir, 
  

  

  " 
  Yours 
  faithfully, 
  

  

  " 
  Edgar 
  L. 
  Layard." 
  

   '• 
  The 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Entomological 
  Society." 
  

  

  Mr. 
  S. 
  J. 
  Wilkinson 
  exhibited 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  Elachista 
  albifrontella, 
  which 
  he 
  

   had 
  reared 
  from 
  a 
  naked 
  pupa, 
  found 
  suspended 
  head 
  downwards 
  near 
  the 
  bottom 
  

   of 
  a 
  fence. 
  He 
  likewise 
  exhibited 
  specimens 
  of 
  Oinophila 
  v-flava, 
  bred 
  from 
  cases 
  

   taken 
  on 
  the 
  wall 
  of 
  a 
  wine-cellar. 
  The 
  larvae 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  were 
  reputed 
  to 
  feed 
  

   on 
  wine-corks 
  ; 
  but 
  these 
  cases 
  were 
  formed 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  fungus 
  common 
  in 
  old 
  wine- 
  

   cellars, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Wilkinson 
  thought 
  that 
  the 
  larvse 
  had 
  in 
  this 
  instance 
  fed 
  upon 
  the 
  

   fungus, 
  for 
  though 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  quantity 
  of 
  bottled 
  wine 
  in 
  the 
  cellar, 
  there 
  were 
  none 
  

   of 
  these 
  insects 
  on 
  the 
  corks 
  or 
  near 
  them. 
  

  

  Some 
  very 
  interesting 
  observations 
  on 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  several 
  insects, 
  by 
  William 
  

   Varney, 
  Esq., 
  were 
  read. 
  

  

  Descriptions 
  of 
  various 
  new 
  Hymenoptera 
  from 
  Northern 
  India, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  Smith, 
  

   were 
  read. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Douglas 
  read 
  a 
  paper 
  entitled 
  " 
  Contributions 
  towards 
  the 
  Natural 
  History 
  of 
  

   British 
  Micro-Lepidoptera,"in 
  which 
  the 
  larvae 
  and 
  their 
  habits 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  species 
  

   were 
  described 
  : 
  — 
  Gelechia 
  contigua, 
  G. 
  fraternella, 
  G. 
  blandella, 
  Coleophora 
  albi- 
  

   tarsella, 
  C. 
  Alcyonipennella, 
  and 
  C. 
  solitariella. 
  Two 
  plates 
  of 
  illustrative 
  figures 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Wing 
  accompany 
  the 
  paper. 
  It 
  was 
  intimated 
  that 
  descriptions 
  and 
  figures 
  of 
  

   other 
  species 
  would 
  follow 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Douglas 
  requested 
  collectors 
  to 
  

   send 
  him 
  any 
  larvae 
  of 
  Tineidae 
  they 
  may 
  find, 
  with 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  the 
  plants 
  on 
  which 
  

   they 
  feed. 
  

  

  August 
  2, 
  1852. 
  

  

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

  

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

   donors: 
  — 
  Professor 
  Zetterstedt's 
  'Diptera 
  Scandinavise 
  disposita 
  et 
  descripta,' 
  11 
  vols. 
  

   8vo. 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  Author. 
  ' 
  The 
  Zoologist 
  ' 
  for 
  August 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  Editor. 
  ' 
  The 
  Literary 
  

   Gazette 
  ' 
  for 
  July 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  Publishers. 
  ' 
  The 
  Athenaeum 
  ' 
  for 
  May 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  Editor. 
  

   'Revue 
  et 
  Magasin 
  de 
  Zoologie,' 
  Nos. 
  4 
  and 
  5, 
  1852 
  ; 
  by 
  M. 
  Guerin-Meneville. 
  'En- 
  

   tomologische 
  Zeitung' 
  for 
  July 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  Entomological 
  Society 
  of 
  Stettin. 
  ' 
  Annals 
  

  

  