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  Mr. 
  Boyd 
  exhibited 
  Triphajna 
  siibsequa, 
  Liinacodes 
  asellus, 
  Macaria 
  notata, 
  Pro- 
  

   deliii 
  literalis, 
  and 
  varieties 
  of 
  Satyrus 
  Janira 
  and 
  Argynnis 
  Paphia, 
  all 
  captured 
  in 
  

   the 
  New 
  Forest. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Curtis 
  exhibited 
  parasitic 
  insects 
  taken 
  from 
  Malachius 
  seneus, 
  Epipone 
  spi- 
  

   nipes, 
  Andnena 
  Gwynana, 
  Athalia 
  lineolata, 
  Bombus 
  pratoruni, 
  and 
  an 
  Ammophila 
  

   from 
  Africa. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  John 
  Clifford, 
  of 
  Pinilico, 
  sent 
  a 
  sample 
  of 
  pearl 
  barley, 
  destroyed 
  by 
  insects, 
  

   which 
  were 
  now 
  identified 
  as 
  Anobium 
  paniceum 
  and 
  Plinus 
  ovatus. 
  The 
  Chairman 
  

   remarked 
  that 
  the 
  former 
  of 
  these 
  insects 
  had 
  several 
  times 
  been 
  reported 
  to 
  the 
  Soci- 
  

   ety 
  as 
  injurious 
  to 
  farinaceous 
  substances. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  T. 
  Desvignes 
  exhibited 
  specimens 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  Ichneumon, 
  reared 
  from 
  larvae 
  of 
  

   Nonagria 
  Typhae 
  and 
  N. 
  paludicola 
  ; 
  and 
  read 
  a 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  under 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  I. 
  paludator. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Baly 
  communicated 
  " 
  The 
  Characters 
  of 
  Paralina, 
  a 
  new 
  Genus 
  of 
  Chrysome- 
  

   lidae,'' 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  type 
  is 
  Chrysomela 
  Indica, 
  Hope. 
  

  

  Mr.. 
  Westwood 
  exhibited 
  his 
  original 
  sketch 
  of 
  a 
  moth 
  taken 
  at 
  Ballymena, 
  in 
  

   Ireland, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Templeton, 
  and 
  mentioned 
  in 
  Westwood 
  and 
  Humphreys' 
  ' 
  British 
  

   Moths,' 
  (vol. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  67). 
  Mr. 
  Stephens 
  had 
  inserted 
  the 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  Cata- 
  

   logue 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Dasydia 
  torvaria 
  ; 
  but 
  Mr. 
  Westwood 
  was 
  now 
  of 
  opinion, 
  

   from 
  reference 
  to 
  Duponchel's 
  figure 
  and 
  description, 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  Cleogene 
  Peletieraria. 
  

   Mr. 
  Westwood 
  also 
  exhibited 
  some 
  larvae 
  in 
  a 
  bottle, 
  which, 
  from 
  the 
  locality 
  of 
  their 
  

   capture 
  on 
  the 
  coast, 
  near 
  Dublin, 
  he 
  thought 
  might 
  be 
  those 
  of 
  Diglossa 
  mersa. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Smith 
  exhibited 
  the 
  same 
  male 
  Anthophorabia 
  he 
  brought 
  to 
  the 
  last 
  meeting, 
  

   still 
  alive 
  ; 
  also 
  larvae 
  of 
  Anthophora 
  retusa, 
  covered 
  with 
  larvae 
  of 
  Anthuphorabia 
  and 
  

   Monodontomerus, 
  the 
  former 
  apparently 
  parasitical 
  on 
  the 
  latter, 
  — 
  a 
  parasite 
  upon 
  a 
  

   parasite 
  : 
  and 
  he 
  read 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  observations 
  on 
  the 
  structure 
  and 
  ceconomy 
  of 
  An- 
  

   thophorabia. 
  The 
  chairman 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  unprecedented 
  circumstance 
  of 
  an 
  insect 
  

   without 
  reticulated 
  eyes 
  possessing 
  ocelli, 
  as 
  Mr. 
  Smith 
  was 
  positive 
  is 
  the 
  case 
  in 
  this 
  

   instance 
  ; 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Newman 
  noticed, 
  as 
  most 
  rare 
  among 
  insects, 
  the 
  fact 
  reported 
  of 
  

   the 
  male 
  pairing 
  consecutively 
  with 
  several 
  females, 
  and 
  still 
  surviving. 
  Mr. 
  Water- 
  

   house, 
  Mr. 
  Curtis, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Hudson 
  also 
  made 
  some 
  remarks 
  on 
  the 
  subject. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Wallace 
  read 
  the 
  commencement 
  of 
  a 
  paper 
  " 
  On 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  the 
  Butterflies 
  

   of 
  the 
  Amazonian 
  Valley," 
  which 
  will 
  be 
  resumed 
  at 
  the 
  next 
  meeting. 
  

  

  December 
  5, 
  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 
  December 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  Editor. 
  The 
  ' 
  Athenajum 
  ' 
  for 
  No- 
  

   vember; 
  by 
  the 
  Editor. 
  The 
  ' 
  Literary 
  Gazette' 
  for 
  November; 
  by 
  the 
  Editor. 
  The 
  

   ' 
  Journal 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  of 
  Arts 
  ' 
  for 
  November 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  Society. 
  The 
  ' 
  Philosophical 
  

  

  