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  of 
  trees, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  larvae 
  make 
  deep 
  round 
  holes, 
  working 
  quickly 
  up 
  and 
  down 
  

   them 
  at 
  their 
  pleasure, 
  and 
  taking 
  care 
  to 
  form 
  an 
  opening 
  for 
  the 
  imago 
  to 
  emerge." 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  read 
  a 
  letter 
  from 
  Mr. 
  James 
  Crook, 
  Turton, 
  near 
  Bolton, 
  Lanca- 
  

   shire, 
  offering 
  certain 
  northern 
  Lepidoptera 
  in 
  exchange 
  for 
  southern 
  species. 
  

  

  The 
  next 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Society's 
  ' 
  Transactions,' 
  it 
  was 
  announced, 
  would 
  be 
  ready 
  in 
  

   a 
  few 
  days. 
  

  

  Januarys, 
  1853. 
  

   J. 
  0. 
  Westwood, 
  Esq., 
  President, 
  in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

  

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

   donors 
  : 
  — 
  The 
  ' 
  Zoologist 
  ' 
  and 
  the 
  ' 
  Phytologist' 
  for 
  January 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  Editor. 
  The 
  

   ' 
  Literary 
  Gazette' 
  for 
  December 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  Editor. 
  The 
  ' 
  Athenaeum 
  ' 
  for 
  December; 
  

   by 
  the 
  Editor. 
  The 
  'Annals 
  of 
  the 
  Lyceum 
  of 
  Natural 
  History 
  of 
  New 
  York,' 
  Vol. 
  v. 
  

   Nos. 
  9 
  — 
  14, 
  1852 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  Lyceum. 
  ' 
  Second 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Commissioners 
  for 
  the 
  

   Exhibition 
  of 
  1851 
  ; 
  ' 
  by 
  the 
  Commissioners. 
  Hewitson's 
  ' 
  Exotic 
  Butterflies,' 
  Part 
  5 
  ; 
  

   by 
  the 
  Author. 
  ' 
  Monographic 
  des 
  Guepes 
  Solitaires, 
  ou 
  de 
  la 
  Tribu 
  des 
  Eumeniens,' 
  

   par 
  H. 
  F. 
  de 
  Saussure 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  Author. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  gentlemen 
  were 
  balloted 
  for 
  and 
  elected 
  Members 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  : 
  

   William 
  Thomson, 
  Esq., 
  Westow 
  Hill, 
  Norwood, 
  and 
  E.G. 
  Buxton, 
  Esq., 
  Spikelands, 
  

   Liverpool 
  : 
  also 
  the 
  following 
  as 
  Subscribers 
  to 
  the 
  Society 
  : 
  — 
  Mons. 
  Victor 
  Signoret, 
  

   Paris 
  ; 
  H. 
  V. 
  Tebbs, 
  Esq., 
  Southwood 
  Hall, 
  Highgate, 
  John 
  Scott, 
  Esq., 
  Ferry 
  Road, 
  

   Renfrew, 
  and 
  F. 
  Moore, 
  Esq., 
  4, 
  Molesworth 
  Place, 
  Kentish 
  Town. 
  

  

  The 
  President, 
  having 
  appointed 
  Auditors 
  of 
  the 
  Treasurer's 
  Accounts 
  for 
  the 
  past 
  

   year, 
  and 
  announced 
  the 
  changes 
  recommended 
  by 
  the 
  Council 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  

   OflScers 
  and 
  Council 
  at 
  the 
  Anniversary 
  Meeting 
  on 
  the 
  24th 
  of 
  January, 
  informed 
  the 
  

   Members 
  of 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  J. 
  F. 
  Stephens, 
  Esq., 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Vice-Presidents 
  of 
  the 
  Soci- 
  

   ety, 
  on 
  the 
  22ud 
  of 
  December, 
  after 
  a 
  short 
  but 
  severe 
  illness 
  ; 
  and 
  stating 
  that 
  he 
  

   should 
  allude 
  to 
  his 
  life 
  and 
  labours 
  in 
  the 
  Anniversary 
  Address, 
  proposed 
  as 
  a 
  tribute 
  

   of 
  respect 
  to 
  his 
  memory 
  that 
  the 
  Meeting 
  should 
  forthwith 
  adjourn 
  ; 
  which 
  was 
  una- 
  

   nimously 
  agreed 
  to. 
  

  

  Resolved 
  further, 
  that 
  a 
  letter 
  of 
  condolence 
  on 
  her 
  melancholy 
  bereavement, 
  be 
  

   sent 
  to 
  the 
  widow 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Stephens 
  in 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  Society. 
  

  

  