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  cies 
  had 
  been 
  receiveJ 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Bates, 
  and 
  would 
  shortly 
  form 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  a 
  paper 
  

   for 
  this 
  Society. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Moore 
  exhibited 
  several 
  curious 
  parasitic 
  insects 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  great 
  ant- 
  

   eater 
  {Myiinecophaga 
  jubata), 
  the 
  gland 
  antelope 
  of 
  Africa 
  {Antilope 
  Oreas), 
  and 
  

   the 
  ostrich, 
  in 
  the 
  late 
  Knowsley 
  Menagerie 
  ; 
  and 
  he 
  also 
  showed 
  some 
  immature 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  a 
  foreign 
  Polistes, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  drawn 
  out 
  of 
  their 
  cells. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Douglas 
  exhibited 
  a 
  box 
  of 
  Lepidoptera, 
  captured 
  in 
  July 
  near 
  Ripley, 
  among 
  

   which 
  were 
  two 
  of 
  Plutella 
  horridella, 
  taken 
  among 
  apple-trees 
  in 
  a 
  garden 
  at 
  Ock- 
  

   ham, 
  and 
  Gelechia 
  basaltinella, 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  thatch 
  of 
  a 
  barn. 
  He 
  likewise 
  exhibited 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  the 
  rare 
  and 
  curious 
  Bedellia 
  somnulentella, 
  bred 
  from 
  larvae 
  found 
  at 
  

   liee, 
  mining 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  Convolvulus 
  arvensis 
  ; 
  also 
  examples 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  brood 
  of 
  

   the 
  new 
  Lilhocolletis 
  Scabiosella. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Weir 
  exhibited 
  some 
  rare 
  Lepidoptera 
  recently 
  taken 
  near 
  Tunbridge 
  Wells 
  — 
  

   Gracillaria 
  Ononidis 
  from 
  Genista 
  tiuctoria, 
  Gelechia 
  gerronella, 
  Zelleria 
  insignipen- 
  

   nella, 
  Adela 
  violella 
  ? 
  &:c. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  A. 
  F. 
  Sheppard 
  exhibited 
  several 
  fine 
  Lepidoptera, 
  taken 
  near 
  Margate 
  in 
  

   August,— 
  Colias 
  Hyale, 
  Eudorea 
  lineolea, 
  GEcophora 
  deauratella, 
  &c. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Dutton 
  exhibited 
  some 
  Noctuse, 
  caught 
  in 
  the 
  Isle 
  of 
  Wight, 
  the 
  most 
  remark- 
  

   able 
  being 
  the 
  sexes 
  of 
  the 
  rare 
  Agrotis 
  lunigera. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  E. 
  Shepherd 
  exhibited 
  a 
  fine 
  specimen 
  of 
  Chilo 
  cicatricellus, 
  a 
  new 
  British 
  

   species, 
  taken 
  flying 
  near 
  Dover 
  ; 
  also 
  two 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  British 
  Tortrices, 
  from 
  the 
  

   same 
  locality. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Curtis 
  exhibited 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  Sphinx 
  Antseus, 
  bred 
  in 
  the 
  Horticultural 
  So- 
  

   ciety's 
  Gardens, 
  from 
  a 
  pupa 
  imported 
  with 
  plants 
  from 
  Trinidad, 
  and 
  remarked 
  upon 
  

   the 
  caution 
  with 
  which 
  we 
  should 
  regard 
  as 
  native 
  all 
  the 
  extraordinary 
  insects 
  which 
  

   appear 
  in 
  this 
  country. 
  He 
  referred 
  especially 
  to 
  such 
  as 
  were 
  captured 
  at 
  light- 
  

   houses 
  on 
  the 
  coast, 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  adduced 
  some 
  examples, 
  having 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  most 
  

   of 
  the 
  rare 
  or 
  unique 
  species 
  taken 
  in 
  this 
  way, 
  had 
  come 
  across 
  the 
  sea. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Curtis 
  exhibited 
  a 
  leaf 
  of 
  Viburnum 
  Lantana, 
  on 
  which 
  were 
  many 
  scale-like 
  

   formations, 
  which 
  he 
  supposed 
  were 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  an 
  insect, 
  although 
  he 
  had 
  failed 
  in 
  

   detecting 
  any 
  inmates. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Wilkinson 
  exhibited 
  some 
  case-bearing 
  larvae, 
  probably 
  of 
  Incurvaria 
  mascu- 
  

   lella. 
  The 
  cases 
  were 
  oval 
  and 
  convex, 
  formed 
  from 
  leaves, 
  and 
  the 
  larvae 
  were 
  found 
  

   feeding 
  on 
  the 
  fallen 
  leaves 
  of 
  oak 
  and 
  birch, 
  but 
  they 
  had 
  eaten 
  fresh 
  leaves 
  since 
  

   their 
  capture. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  read 
  an 
  extract 
  of 
  a 
  letter 
  addressed 
  by 
  Signor 
  Passerini 
  of 
  Flo- 
  

   rence, 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Spence, 
  stating 
  that 
  he 
  would 
  be 
  happy 
  to 
  send 
  Coleoptera, 
  Hymeno- 
  

   ptera, 
  and 
  Lepidoptera 
  of 
  Tuscany, 
  to 
  any 
  English 
  entomologists 
  who 
  would 
  apply 
  to 
  

   him, 
  which 
  he 
  invited 
  them 
  to 
  do 
  by 
  post, 
  and 
  that 
  he 
  wished 
  to 
  receive 
  in 
  return 
  ex- 
  

   amples 
  of 
  English 
  species 
  of 
  those 
  orders. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  stated 
  that 
  lately 
  at 
  Boulogne 
  he 
  found 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  cliflF 
  swarm- 
  

   ing 
  with 
  insects 
  of 
  all 
  orders, 
  although 
  none 
  were 
  visible 
  elsewhere. 
  The 
  wind 
  was 
  

   blowing 
  seaward, 
  and 
  the 
  insects 
  had 
  been 
  driven 
  over 
  the 
  cliff, 
  and 
  had 
  returned 
  and 
  

   sheltered 
  at 
  the 
  margin. 
  He 
  also 
  said 
  that 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  and 
  place 
  he 
  saw 
  a 
  hum- 
  

   ble 
  bee 
  vibrating 
  its 
  wings 
  as 
  if 
  in 
  flight, 
  but 
  not 
  advancing, 
  and 
  he 
  found 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  

   impaled 
  upon 
  the 
  sharp 
  point 
  of 
  a 
  reed, 
  pierced 
  at 
  its 
  almost 
  only 
  vulnerable 
  point, 
  

   between 
  the 
  anterior 
  coxae 
  and 
  the 
  mesosternum; 
  from 
  its 
  position 
  he 
  thought 
  no 
  bird 
  

   could 
  have 
  impaled 
  it, 
  but 
  that 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  blown 
  on 
  to 
  the 
  reed 
  by 
  the 
  wind. 
  

  

  