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  Peterborough 
  ; 
  by 
  tlie 
  captor, 
  th'e 
  Rev. 
  Hamlet 
  Clark. 
  Also, 
  the 
  following 
  books, 
  by 
  

   Miss 
  Eliza 
  Bromfield, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  her 
  former 
  donation 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  LiNN^i, 
  Fauna 
  Suecica, 
  8vo. 
  

   „ 
  Museum 
  Ulricse, 
  8vo. 
  

  

  Raupen 
  Kalender 
  Naturgeschicte, 
  &c., 
  8vo. 
  

  

  Rossi, 
  Fauna 
  Etrusca, 
  2 
  vols. 
  4to. 
  

  

  SwAMMEKDAMM, 
  Blblla 
  NaturaB, 
  2 
  vols, 
  folio. 
  

  

  VoGEL, 
  Verhandlungen 
  der 
  Insecten, 
  8vo. 
  

  

  J. 
  C. 
  Pickersgill, 
  Esq., 
  36, 
  Gordon 
  Square, 
  was 
  elected 
  a 
  Member 
  ; 
  and 
  C. 
  W. 
  

   Quin, 
  Esq., 
  25, 
  Clarence 
  Street, 
  Islington, 
  and 
  Mr, 
  R. 
  Shield, 
  Dublin, 
  were 
  elected 
  

   Subscribers 
  to 
  the 
  Society. 
  

  

  Mr, 
  C, 
  R. 
  Bree 
  sent 
  for 
  identification 
  a 
  larva 
  of 
  Anthreuus 
  Museorum, 
  found 
  alive 
  

   in 
  his 
  cabinet. 
  He 
  complained 
  of 
  the 
  difficulty 
  experienced 
  by 
  persons 
  in 
  the 
  country 
  

   in 
  identifying 
  the 
  insects 
  they 
  found 
  ; 
  and 
  suggested 
  that 
  for 
  the 
  benefit 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  nu- 
  

   merous 
  class, 
  who 
  were 
  not 
  exactly 
  students, 
  but 
  who 
  nevertheless 
  wished 
  to 
  be 
  better 
  

   acquainted 
  with 
  the 
  insects 
  around 
  them, 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  very 
  desirable 
  that 
  monographs 
  

   of 
  our 
  native 
  insects 
  should 
  be 
  published 
  in 
  annual 
  volumes, 
  with 
  a 
  figure 
  of 
  each 
  spe- 
  

   cies; 
  — 
  a 
  work 
  he 
  thought 
  it 
  possible 
  might 
  be 
  accomplished. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Bond 
  exhibited 
  some 
  larvEe 
  of 
  Anticlea 
  Berberata, 
  feeding 
  upon 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  

   berberry, 
  from 
  Cambridgeshire. 
  He 
  observed 
  that 
  like 
  these 
  now 
  exhibited, 
  the 
  colour 
  

   was 
  usually 
  brown, 
  but 
  sometimes 
  it 
  was 
  luteous, 
  in 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  age. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Weir 
  exhibited 
  specimens 
  of 
  Coleophora 
  deauratella, 
  taken 
  among 
  clover 
  near 
  

   Tunbridge 
  Wells 
  ; 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  rare 
  Elachista 
  trapeziella 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  locality. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Edwin 
  Shepherd 
  exhibited 
  a 
  box 
  of 
  Lepidoptera 
  taken 
  by 
  Mr, 
  Bouchard 
  near 
  

   Dover, 
  in 
  July. 
  The 
  following 
  were 
  the 
  most 
  remarkable 
  species 
  : 
  — 
  Plusia 
  Orichal- 
  

   cea, 
  Spaelolis 
  Cataleuca, 
  Odontia 
  dentalis, 
  Emmelesia 
  bifasciata, 
  Stigmonota 
  Leplas- 
  

   triana, 
  Semasia 
  rufillana, 
  Depressaria 
  nanatella, 
  Gelechia 
  bifractella, 
  G. 
  neuropterella, 
  

   Ypsolophus 
  Durdhamellus 
  and 
  Adela 
  violella 
  : 
  also 
  a 
  Vanessa 
  Antiopa, 
  and 
  pale 
  va- 
  

   rieties 
  of 
  Satyrus 
  Janira 
  and 
  S. 
  Semele, 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  locality 
  in 
  September. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  S. 
  Stevens 
  exhibited 
  a 
  Vanessa 
  Antiopa, 
  taken 
  on 
  the 
  24th 
  of 
  September 
  at 
  

   Hampstead. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Bond 
  mentioned 
  that 
  he 
  saw 
  a 
  Vanessa 
  Antiopa 
  flying 
  in 
  Cambridgeshire 
  last 
  

   month. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hunter 
  brought 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  Mononychus 
  Pseudacori 
  for 
  distribution 
  ; 
  he 
  took 
  

   them 
  feeding 
  on 
  the 
  seeds 
  of 
  Iris 
  fcetidissima, 
  in 
  the 
  Isle 
  of 
  Wight. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hunter 
  mentioned 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Winchester, 
  one 
  of 
  Her 
  Majesty's 
  gardeners 
  at 
  

   Cowes, 
  had 
  discovered 
  a 
  new 
  method 
  of 
  using 
  sugar 
  as 
  a 
  bait 
  for 
  Noctuae, 
  by 
  dipping 
  

   pieces 
  of 
  coarse 
  cloth 
  in 
  the 
  solution, 
  and 
  spreading 
  or 
  hanging 
  them 
  on 
  bushes, 
  Sec. 
  ; 
  

   this 
  was 
  found 
  especially 
  convenient 
  in 
  places 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  where 
  there 
  were 
  no 
  trees 
  

   on 
  which 
  to 
  place 
  the 
  mixture, 
  and 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  great 
  saving 
  of 
  sugar, 
  for 
  one 
  prepara- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  cloth 
  would 
  be 
  efi"ectual 
  for 
  a 
  week, 
  if 
  the 
  pieces 
  were 
  removed 
  every 
  night. 
  

   Mr. 
  Winchester 
  had 
  tried 
  putrid 
  soap-suds, 
  after 
  the 
  manner 
  mentioned 
  at 
  the 
  June 
  

   meeting 
  of 
  this 
  Society, 
  with 
  some 
  effect, 
  but 
  they 
  did 
  not 
  seem 
  more 
  attractive 
  than 
  

   sugar. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Douglas 
  exhibited 
  specimens 
  of 
  Elachista 
  testaceella, 
  bred 
  from 
  larvae 
  found 
  

   on 
  Sison 
  Amomum 
  at 
  Lewisham, 
  observing 
  that 
  the 
  larva, 
  its 
  food, 
  and 
  metamorpho- 
  

   ses 
  had 
  been 
  figured 
  and 
  described 
  by 
  De 
  Geer 
  about 
  a 
  century 
  ago 
  ; 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  the 
  

   discovery 
  of 
  this 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Stainton 
  that 
  had 
  led 
  to 
  its 
  present 
  detection. 
  He 
  also 
  exhi- 
  

  

  