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  Society 
  of 
  Englaiul,' 
  vol. 
  xiv. 
  part 
  1, 
  1853; 
  by 
  the 
  Society. 
  ' 
  Exotic 
  Butterflies,' 
  part 
  

   7; 
  by 
  W. 
  Wilson 
  Saunders, 
  Esq. 
  ' 
  Monogra|)hie 
  des 
  Guepes 
  Solitaires,' 
  par 
  H. 
  F. 
  

   de 
  Saussure, 
  Cahiers 
  5 
  et 
  6 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  Author. 
  ' 
  Abhandlungen 
  iiber 
  eiue 
  iieue 
  Daph- 
  

   nieart, 
  Daphnia 
  aurita, 
  und 
  iiber 
  die 
  Daplinia 
  iaticornis, 
  Jurine,' 
  von 
  Dr. 
  Sebastian 
  

   Fischer: 
  ' 
  Abhandhingen 
  iilier 
  die 
  in 
  der 
  Umgebung 
  von 
  St. 
  Petersburg 
  vorkommen- 
  

   den 
  Crustaceenans, 
  der 
  Ordnung 
  der 
  Branchiopoden 
  und 
  Entoniostraceen,' 
  von 
  Dr. 
  

   Sebastian 
  Fischer: 
  ' 
  Erganzungen, 
  Berichtungen 
  und 
  Forsetzung 
  zu 
  der 
  Abliandlung 
  

   iiber 
  die 
  in 
  der 
  Umgebung 
  von 
  St. 
  Petersburg 
  vorkomniendcii 
  Crustaceeii,' 
  von 
  Dr. 
  

   Sebastian 
  Fischer 
  : 
  all 
  presented 
  by 
  the 
  Author. 
  

  

  R. 
  F. 
  Logan, 
  Esq., 
  of 
  Duddingston, 
  near 
  Edinburgh, 
  was 
  balloted 
  for 
  and 
  elected 
  

   a 
  Member 
  of 
  the 
  Society. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  F. 
  Smith 
  exhibited 
  a 
  large 
  box 
  of 
  insects, 
  captured 
  this 
  season 
  in 
  Scotland 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Foxcroft, 
  and 
  sent 
  as 
  a 
  sample 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  to 
  be 
  distributed 
  among 
  his 
  Sub- 
  

   scribers. 
  There 
  were 
  many 
  fine 
  and 
  rare 
  species, 
  including 
  Notodouta 
  Carmelita 
  

   among 
  the 
  Lepidoptera, 
  and 
  Astynomus 
  a^dilis 
  among 
  the 
  Coleoptera. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Janson 
  exhibited 
  some 
  insects 
  taken 
  on 
  the 
  occasion 
  of 
  the 
  Society's 
  visit 
  to 
  

   Mickleham, 
  on 
  the 
  25th 
  of 
  June; 
  including 
  the 
  very 
  rare 
  moth, 
  Pachetra 
  leucophsea 
  

   (or 
  the 
  species 
  known 
  by 
  that 
  name 
  in 
  England), 
  and 
  the 
  following 
  rare 
  Coleoptera: 
  — 
  

   Claviger 
  testaceus, 
  Baris 
  picicornis, 
  and 
  Sphferosoma 
  Quercus. 
  

  

  Mr.Tebbs 
  exhibited 
  Notodonta 
  trepida, 
  which 
  was 
  attracted 
  to 
  a 
  light 
  at 
  Highgate. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Weir 
  exhibited 
  the 
  scarce 
  Aplota 
  palpella, 
  bred 
  from 
  Genista 
  tinctoria, 
  grow- 
  

   ing 
  at 
  Pembury, 
  near 
  Tonbridge 
  Wells. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hunter 
  exhibited 
  a 
  living 
  larva 
  of 
  Limenitis 
  Sibylla, 
  found 
  on 
  honeysuckle 
  at 
  

   Black 
  Park. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Bond 
  exhibited 
  Hydrilla 
  caliginosa, 
  $ 
  and 
  9 
  » 
  lately 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  Forest. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Stevens 
  exhibited 
  the 
  rare 
  Curculionidous 
  beetle, 
  Plinthus 
  caliginosus, 
  from 
  

   West 
  Wickham 
  ; 
  the 
  exceedingly 
  rare 
  moth, 
  Chariclea 
  Delphinii, 
  the 
  larva 
  of 
  which 
  

   he 
  thinks 
  he 
  took 
  last 
  year 
  near 
  Arundel 
  ; 
  and 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  Aplecta 
  nebulosa, 
  with 
  a 
  

   pollen-mass 
  of 
  a 
  flower 
  attached 
  to 
  each 
  eye. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Waring 
  exhibited 
  two 
  living 
  mole-crickets 
  ; 
  on 
  which 
  Mr. 
  Douglas 
  remarked 
  

   that 
  he 
  once 
  had 
  two 
  of 
  these 
  insects 
  together 
  in 
  a 
  box, 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  he 
  found 
  

   they 
  were 
  both 
  dead, 
  and 
  greatly 
  mutilated 
  by 
  each 
  other. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Carter 
  exhibited 
  a 
  Cucullia 
  umbratica, 
  with 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  flower-anthers 
  at- 
  

   tached 
  to 
  its 
  head; 
  and 
  Aphelia 
  pratana, 
  with 
  a 
  Gordius 
  ? 
  protruding 
  from 
  its 
  abdomen. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Douglas 
  exhibited 
  Laverna 
  ochraceella, 
  Curtis, 
  bred 
  from 
  leaves 
  of 
  Epilobium 
  

   hirsutum, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  larvae 
  mine 
  and 
  make 
  their 
  cocoons, 
  — 
  a 
  discovery 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Jor- 
  

   dan, 
  of 
  Teignmoutli. 
  He 
  also 
  exhibited 
  the 
  larva, 
  pupa, 
  and 
  imago 
  of 
  Ara;ocerus 
  

   Coflea?, 
  Fah., 
  a 
  beetle 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  family 
  Anthribida;, 
  which 
  he 
  had 
  found 
  in 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  quantity, 
  feeding 
  upon 
  and 
  doing 
  great 
  damage 
  to 
  mace 
  imported 
  from 
  India. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Edwin 
  Shepherd 
  exhibited 
  Retinia 
  Tuvionana, 
  from 
  West 
  Wickham 
  ; 
  and 
  

   Madopa 
  Salicalis, 
  Spilonota 
  simplana, 
  Chrosis 
  Audouinana, 
  Eupithecia 
  Snccenturi- 
  

   ata, 
  and 
  Roslevstammia 
  perlepidella, 
  from 
  Darenth 
  Wood. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Westwood 
  exhibited 
  Hylobius 
  Abietis, 
  a 
  beetle 
  usually 
  found 
  on 
  young 
  pines, 
  

   but 
  this 
  season 
  discovered 
  to 
  be 
  destructive 
  to 
  plum 
  and 
  peach 
  trees 
  in 
  some 
  districts 
  ; 
  

   Coleophora 
  Luscinia^pennella, 
  reared 
  from 
  leaves 
  of 
  rose-trees, 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  larvae 
  had 
  

   done 
  considerable 
  damage 
  ; 
  Ourapteryx 
  Sambucaria, 
  with 
  its 
  pupa, 
  directing 
  atten- 
  

   tion^ 
  to 
  some 
  peculiarities 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  not 
  hitherto 
  noticed, 
  as 
  the 
  dilation 
  just 
  above 
  

   the 
  very 
  acute 
  terminal 
  point, 
  and 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  small 
  recurved 
  hooks 
  by 
  which 
  it 
  

  

  