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  Mr. 
  Stainton 
  coraiminicatcd 
  the 
  following 
  extract 
  of 
  a 
  letter 
  from 
  Count 
  Nicelli: 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  Litliocolletis 
  Scabiosella, 
  Douglas, 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  good 
  species. 
  However, 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  

   only 
  si)ecies 
  on 
  low-growing 
  plants, 
  for 
  Herr 
  von 
  Hevden, 
  of 
  Frankfort-on-tlie-Maine, 
  

   sent 
  me 
  a 
  very 
  beautiful 
  species, 
  something 
  like 
  lautella, 
  bred 
  from 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  Vicia 
  ; 
  

   it 
  is 
  L. 
  Bremiella. 
  Besides 
  this, 
  I 
  may 
  mention 
  L. 
  Sagittariella, 
  a 
  species 
  allied 
  to 
  

   Faginella 
  and 
  Mannii, 
  bred 
  from 
  broom 
  ; 
  and 
  another, 
  named 
  by 
  him 
  L. 
  Staintoni- 
  

   ella, 
  which 
  is 
  allied 
  to 
  L. 
  BeluliE, 
  but 
  much 
  smaller, 
  and 
  feeds 
  on 
  broom.'' 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Westwood 
  mentioned 
  that 
  by 
  a 
  careful 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  fragments 
  of 
  the 
  

   Chinese 
  wax-making 
  Coccus, 
  given 
  to 
  him 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Haubury, 
  he 
  had 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  find 
  

   wings 
  of 
  the 
  male, 
  and 
  dried 
  bodies 
  and 
  some 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  both 
  male 
  and 
  female, 
  so 
  

   that 
  he 
  now 
  thought 
  he 
  could 
  make 
  a 
  sufficient 
  description 
  of 
  both 
  sexes 
  of 
  the 
  spe- 
  

   cies. 
  He 
  had 
  also 
  found 
  three 
  species 
  of 
  Encyrlus 
  parasitic 
  on 
  this 
  Coccus. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Westwood 
  also 
  informed 
  the 
  meeting, 
  that 
  specimens 
  of 
  a 
  blind 
  shrimp, 
  found 
  

   in 
  a 
  well 
  near 
  Maidenliead, 
  had 
  been 
  sent 
  to 
  him, 
  and 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  identified 
  them 
  as 
  

   the 
  Niphargus 
  Stygius 
  of 
  Schiodte, 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  caves 
  of 
  Carniola, 
  and 
  of 
  which 
  a 
  

   figure, 
  description, 
  and 
  account 
  were 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  Society's 
  'Transactions,' 
  vol. 
  i. 
  

   n. 
  s. 
  The 
  well 
  in 
  question 
  was 
  about 
  18 
  feet 
  deep, 
  and 
  these 
  Crustaceans 
  abounded 
  

   in 
  it 
  to 
  such 
  an 
  extent, 
  as 
  to 
  render 
  the 
  water 
  unfit 
  for 
  use. 
  The 
  well 
  had 
  been 
  

   cleaned 
  out, 
  but 
  the 
  shrimps 
  were 
  still 
  there, 
  though 
  to 
  a 
  less 
  extent. 
  

  

  June 
  6, 
  1853. 
  

  

  Edward 
  Newman, 
  Esq., 
  President, 
  in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

  

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

   donors 
  : 
  — 
  The 
  ' 
  Zoologist 
  ' 
  for 
  June 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  Editor. 
  The 
  'Athenaeum 
  ' 
  for 
  May 
  ; 
  by 
  

   the 
  Editor. 
  The 
  ' 
  Literary 
  Gazette 
  ' 
  for 
  May 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  Editor. 
  The 
  ' 
  Proceedings 
  

   of 
  the 
  Zoological 
  Society,' 
  No. 
  201 
  — 
  226, 
  and 
  the 
  ' 
  Transactions 
  of 
  the 
  Zoological 
  So- 
  

   ciety,' 
  Vol. 
  vi. 
  part 
  3; 
  by 
  the 
  Society. 
  The 
  ' 
  Proceedings 
  of 
  the 
  Royal 
  Society,' 
  Vol. 
  

   vi. 
  No. 
  95 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  Society. 
  ' 
  Revue 
  et 
  Magasin 
  de 
  Zoologie,' 
  1853, 
  No. 
  3 
  ; 
  by 
  M. 
  

   Guerin 
  Meneville. 
  ' 
  Entomologische 
  Zeitung' 
  for 
  February 
  and 
  March; 
  by 
  the 
  En- 
  

   tomological 
  Society 
  of 
  Stettin. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Waring 
  exhibited 
  a 
  fine 
  pair 
  of 
  Notodonta 
  trepida, 
  bred 
  by 
  Mr. 
  B. 
  Standish 
  

   from 
  larvae 
  found 
  on 
  oaks. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Bond 
  exhibited 
  some 
  beautiful 
  s])ecimens 
  of 
  Anticlea 
  Berberata, 
  bred 
  from 
  

   larvae 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  berberry, 
  in 
  Cambridgeshire, 
  last 
  year. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Wilkinson 
  exhibited 
  Lithocolletis 
  Steltinensis, 
  Nicelli, 
  a 
  new 
  species 
  bred 
  

   from 
  caterpillars 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  alders 
  last 
  year. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Stevens 
  exhibited 
  a 
  fine 
  pair 
  of 
  Notodonta 
  Carmelita, 
  and 
  part 
  of 
  another 
  spe- 
  

   cimen 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  mutilated 
  condition, 
  all 
  taken 
  at 
  Black 
  Park, 
  Bucks, 
  on 
  May 
  8th. 
  

  

  