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  Mr. 
  Wing 
  exhibited 
  part 
  of 
  a, 
  French 
  wine-case, 
  perforated 
  by 
  galleries 
  of 
  larrae, 
  

   probably 
  of 
  Cossus 
  ligniperda. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Waring 
  exhibited 
  specimens 
  of 
  Crambus 
  uliginosellus 
  from 
  Farnham, 
  Pen- 
  

   thina 
  Capraeana, 
  bred 
  from 
  sallow 
  from 
  West 
  Wickham, 
  and 
  Tortrix 
  Viburnana. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  read 
  descriptions 
  of 
  three 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Paussidse, 
  from 
  the 
  coUec-j 
  

   tion 
  of 
  Herr 
  Dohrn, 
  President 
  of 
  the 
  Entomological 
  Society 
  of 
  Slettin. 
  \ 
  

  

  Mr. 
  F. 
  Smith 
  read 
  some 
  ' 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Development 
  of 
  Osmia 
  parietina, 
  and 
  other 
  

   British 
  Insects.' 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary 
  read 
  the 
  conclusion 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Wm. 
  Varuey's 
  paper 
  on 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  

   various 
  insects. 
  

  

  September 
  6, 
  1852. 
  

   J. 
  0. 
  Westwood, 
  Es(i., 
  President, 
  in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

  

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

   donors 
  : 
  — 
  ' 
  The 
  Zoologist 
  ' 
  for 
  September 
  : 
  by 
  the 
  Editor. 
  ' 
  The 
  Literary 
  Gazette 
  ' 
  

   for 
  August; 
  by 
  the 
  Publishers. 
  ' 
  Notizie 
  relative 
  ad 
  Tnsetti 
  Coleotteri 
  dannosi 
  ed 
  al- 
  

   cuni 
  ospitanti 
  della 
  planta 
  del 
  Fico 
  ; 
  da 
  Carlo 
  Passerini 
  : 
  ' 
  by 
  the 
  Author. 
  ' 
  Abhand- 
  

   lungen 
  der 
  Mathemat.-Physikalischen 
  Classe 
  der 
  Koeniglich 
  Bayerischen 
  Akademie 
  

   der 
  Wissenchaften 
  ;' 
  6 
  Bandes, 
  2 
  Abth. 
  : 
  Munchen, 
  1851. 
  ' 
  Bulletin,' 
  ditto. 
  No. 
  34 
  

   — 
  43 
  : 
  by 
  the 
  Academy. 
  ' 
  Annals 
  of 
  the 
  Lyceum 
  of 
  Natural 
  History, 
  New 
  York,' 
  

   Vol. 
  v., 
  parts 
  7 
  and 
  8, 
  1852 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  Lyceum. 
  'Journal 
  of 
  the 
  Royal 
  Agricultural 
  

   Society 
  of 
  England,' 
  Vol. 
  xiii., 
  part 
  1 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  Society. 
  ' 
  Smithsonian 
  Contributions 
  

   to 
  Knowledge,' 
  Vols. 
  iii. 
  and 
  iv., 
  Washington, 
  1852: 
  'Fifth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

   Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution,' 
  1851 
  : 
  'Report 
  on 
  Recent 
  Improve- 
  

   ments 
  in 
  the 
  Chemical 
  Arts,' 
  by 
  Booth 
  and 
  Morfit 
  : 
  ' 
  Directions 
  for 
  Collecting 
  Speci- 
  

   mens 
  of 
  Natural 
  History 
  : 
  ' 
  ' 
  Abstract 
  of 
  the 
  Seventh 
  Census 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  : 
  ' 
  

   'American 
  Zoological, 
  Botanical, 
  and 
  Geological 
  Biography 
  for 
  1851,' 
  by 
  Charles 
  

   Girard 
  ; 
  all 
  presented 
  by 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution. 
  A 
  box 
  of 
  insects 
  of 
  several 
  

   orders 
  ; 
  by 
  Signor 
  Passerini 
  of 
  Florence, 
  Hon. 
  M.E.S. 
  A 
  box 
  of 
  Coleoptera 
  from 
  the 
  

   Isle 
  of 
  Wight 
  ; 
  by 
  George 
  Guyon, 
  Esq. 
  Two 
  pairs 
  of 
  Boarmia 
  Abietaria, 
  bred 
  spe- 
  

   cimens 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  Rev. 
  Joseph 
  Greene. 
  A 
  specimen 
  of 
  Hydrelia 
  Blomeri 
  ; 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Shield. 
  Four 
  bred 
  specimens 
  of 
  Ypsipetes 
  Ruberaria, 
  Freyer, 
  a 
  new 
  British 
  species 
  ; 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  Bond. 
  

  

  Thomas 
  Jones 
  Stevens, 
  Esq., 
  Bogota, 
  was 
  elected 
  a 
  Corresponding 
  Member, 
  and 
  

   Thomas 
  Boyd, 
  Esq., 
  17, 
  Clapton 
  Square, 
  was 
  elected 
  an 
  Ordinary 
  Member 
  of 
  the 
  

   Society. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Bond 
  exhibited 
  a 
  box 
  of 
  Coleoptera 
  from 
  the 
  Mundarra 
  River, 
  400 
  miles 
  N. 
  

   of 
  Sydney, 
  among 
  which 
  were 
  several 
  new 
  and 
  interesting 
  species, 
  including 
  a 
  curious 
  

   cylindrical 
  Scarites 
  and 
  two 
  species 
  of 
  Cerapterus. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  S. 
  Stevens 
  exhibited 
  some 
  splendid 
  males 
  and 
  females 
  of 
  Callithea 
  Sapphira, 
  

   bred 
  in 
  Brazil 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Bates. 
  The 
  President 
  staled 
  that 
  larvae 
  and 
  pupae 
  of 
  this 
  spe- 
  

  

  