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  Mr. 
  Douglas 
  exhibited 
  Catoptria 
  Albersana, 
  and 
  a 
  drawing 
  of 
  tbe 
  larva 
  from 
  which 
  

   it 
  was 
  bred. 
  The 
  latter 
  he 
  found 
  at 
  Wickham, 
  in 
  September 
  last, 
  in 
  a 
  leaf 
  of 
  honey- 
  

   suckle, 
  which 
  it 
  had 
  converted 
  into 
  a 
  dwelling 
  by 
  making 
  a 
  fold 
  along 
  its 
  entire 
  length. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Boyd 
  brought 
  for 
  distribution 
  specimens 
  of 
  Tephrosia 
  consonaria, 
  recently 
  

   captured 
  in 
  Buckinghamshire. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Westwood 
  mentioned 
  some 
  curious 
  circumstances 
  that 
  had 
  lately 
  occurred 
  

   amongst 
  his 
  bees. 
  About 
  ten 
  days 
  since 
  a 
  hive 
  threw 
  off 
  a 
  swarm, 
  which 
  settled 
  at 
  the 
  

   entrance 
  of 
  the 
  next 
  hive, 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  which 
  resisted 
  the 
  intruders, 
  and 
  much 
  

   fighting 
  occurred. 
  Mr. 
  Westwood 
  interfered, 
  and 
  removed 
  the 
  queen 
  ; 
  having 
  re- 
  

   leased 
  her, 
  she 
  immediately 
  led 
  the 
  swarm 
  to 
  the 
  entrance 
  of 
  another 
  hive, 
  where 
  the 
  

   same 
  scene 
  of 
  confusion 
  again 
  occurred 
  : 
  a 
  second 
  lime 
  he 
  took 
  her 
  away, 
  and 
  placed 
  

   her 
  upon 
  a 
  rose-bush, 
  wlieiice 
  she 
  took 
  flight, 
  and, 
  he 
  supposed, 
  returned 
  to 
  the 
  hive 
  

   from 
  whicli 
  she 
  originally 
  came, 
  for 
  the 
  swarm 
  soon 
  returned 
  to 
  its 
  parent 
  abode, 
  and 
  

   from 
  this 
  hive 
  today 
  a 
  fine 
  swarm 
  came 
  forth. 
  

  

  Yesterday 
  another 
  hive 
  sent 
  out 
  a 
  swarm, 
  which 
  joined 
  a 
  swarm 
  from 
  a 
  neigh- 
  

   bouring 
  hive 
  settled 
  about 
  forty 
  yards 
  distant, 
  and 
  both 
  of 
  them 
  remained 
  in 
  one 
  hive. 
  

   There 
  was 
  much 
  fighting, 
  and 
  as 
  many 
  bees 
  were 
  killed 
  as 
  would 
  fill 
  a 
  pint 
  measure 
  ; 
  

   but 
  today 
  they 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  amicably 
  settled, 
  whence 
  he 
  presumed 
  that 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   queens 
  had 
  been 
  put 
  to 
  death. 
  The 
  junction 
  of 
  these 
  swarms 
  seemed 
  to 
  imply 
  the 
  in- 
  

   fluence 
  of 
  some 
  attraction 
  upon 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  by 
  the 
  other, 
  or 
  a 
  communication 
  between 
  

   them. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Waring 
  knew 
  an 
  instance 
  in 
  which 
  four 
  swarms 
  joined 
  and 
  remained 
  together, 
  

   the 
  hive 
  having 
  to 
  be 
  greatly 
  enlarged 
  to 
  hold 
  them. 
  In 
  the 
  Exhibition 
  of 
  1851, 
  was 
  

   a 
  case 
  containing 
  six 
  swaiins, 
  but 
  these 
  had 
  been 
  artificially 
  brought 
  together. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Wallace 
  read 
  a 
  paper 
  " 
  On 
  the 
  Insects 
  used 
  as 
  Food 
  by 
  the 
  Indians 
  of 
  the 
  

   Amazon," 
  enumerating 
  species 
  of 
  five 
  Orders 
  which 
  are 
  sought 
  for 
  and 
  eaten 
  with 
  

   avidity. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Douglas 
  read 
  a 
  continuation 
  of 
  his 
  " 
  Contributions 
  to 
  the 
  Natural 
  History 
  of 
  

   British 
  Micro-Lepidoptera,'' 
  consisting 
  of 
  illustrations 
  of 
  the 
  transformations 
  of 
  the 
  

   genera 
  Bedellia 
  and 
  Elachista. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  announced 
  the 
  publication 
  of 
  Part 
  5 
  of 
  the 
  current 
  volume 
  of 
  the 
  

   Society's 
  ' 
  Transactions,' 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  Prize 
  Essay 
  on 
  the 
  duration 
  of 
  life 
  in 
  the 
  Ho- 
  

   ney 
  Bee 
  was 
  reprinted 
  for 
  separate 
  sale. 
  

  

  July 
  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 
  July 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  Editor. 
  The 
  ' 
  Athenaeum 
  ' 
  for 
  June 
  ; 
  by 
  

   the 
  Editor. 
  The 
  ' 
  Literary 
  Gazette 
  ' 
  for 
  June 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  Editor. 
  The 
  ' 
  Journal 
  of 
  the 
  

   Society 
  of 
  Arts 
  ' 
  for 
  June; 
  by 
  the 
  Society. 
  ' 
  Entomologische 
  Zeitung' 
  for 
  April 
  and 
  

   May; 
  by 
  the 
  Entomological 
  Society 
  of 
  Stettin. 
  ' 
  Journal 
  of 
  the 
  Royal 
  Agricultural 
  

  

  