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  inclined 
  to 
  offer 
  two 
  remarks. 
  First, 
  in 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  Scolytus 
  attacking 
  young 
  and 
  

   sound 
  trees, 
  he 
  thought 
  the 
  Captain's 
  views 
  were 
  fully 
  borne 
  out 
  by 
  the 
  sound 
  and 
  

   healthy 
  wood 
  of 
  a 
  young 
  tree 
  which 
  was 
  exhibited, 
  and 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  ravages 
  of 
  the 
  in- 
  

   sect 
  had 
  been 
  closely 
  watched 
  from 
  their 
  very 
  commencemeiiti 
  until 
  they 
  caused 
  the 
  

   death 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  : 
  this 
  view 
  was 
  also 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  his 
  (the 
  President's) 
  own 
  ob- 
  

   servations 
  on 
  the 
  trees 
  in 
  Camberwell 
  Grove, 
  where 
  he 
  had 
  for 
  years 
  watched 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   gress 
  of 
  the 
  pest, 
  and 
  found 
  it 
  extended 
  indifferently 
  to 
  old 
  and 
  young, 
  sound 
  

   and 
  unsound 
  trees. 
  The 
  other 
  remark 
  he 
  wished 
  to 
  make 
  was, 
  that 
  he 
  dissented 
  from 
  

   Captain 
  Cox's 
  opinion, 
  that 
  any 
  poison 
  was 
  diffused 
  by 
  the 
  insects, 
  either 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  

   the 
  Cossus 
  or 
  Scolytus; 
  he 
  attributed 
  the 
  injury 
  to 
  simple 
  mechanical 
  causes, 
  since 
  

   the 
  galleries 
  or 
  perforations 
  of 
  these 
  insecl-pests 
  either 
  arrested 
  the 
  flow 
  of 
  sap 
  altogether, 
  

   or 
  diverted 
  it 
  from 
  its 
  ordinary 
  channels 
  ; 
  the 
  admission 
  thus 
  given 
  to 
  rain-water, 
  and 
  

   also 
  to 
  other 
  insects, 
  likewise 
  tended 
  to 
  accelerate 
  decay. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Smith 
  exhibited 
  two 
  wasps' 
  nests, 
  one 
  formed 
  in 
  a 
  bee-hive 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  in 
  a 
  

   cask 
  ; 
  and 
  he 
  also 
  exhibited 
  a 
  cell 
  of 
  Anthophora 
  retusa, 
  containing 
  a 
  larva 
  of 
  the 
  bee 
  

   and 
  several 
  females 
  of 
  its 
  parasite 
  Anthophorabia 
  : 
  and 
  stated 
  that 
  the 
  duration 
  of 
  

   the 
  life 
  of 
  the 
  males 
  he 
  had 
  observed 
  was 
  seven 
  weeks. 
  Since 
  the 
  last 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  

   Society, 
  Mr. 
  Walker 
  had 
  informed 
  him 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  described 
  the 
  Anthophorabia 
  

   retusa 
  of 
  Newport, 
  as 
  far 
  back 
  as 
  1839, 
  in 
  his 
  Monograph 
  of 
  the 
  ftimily, 
  under 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  Cirrospilus 
  Acasta. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Westwood, 
  referring 
  to 
  his 
  remarks 
  upon 
  Anthophorabia 
  at 
  the 
  last 
  meeting, 
  

   said 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Smith 
  having 
  afforded 
  him 
  an 
  opportunity 
  of 
  viewing 
  the 
  insect 
  under 
  a 
  

   high 
  magnifying 
  power, 
  he 
  was 
  convinced 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Smith 
  was 
  correct 
  in 
  saying 
  it 
  pos- 
  

   sessed 
  true 
  ocelli. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Wallace 
  read 
  the 
  concluding 
  portion 
  of 
  his 
  "Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Habits 
  of 
  the 
  But- 
  

   terflies 
  of 
  the 
  Amazonian 
  Valley." 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Westwood, 
  in 
  reference 
  to 
  a 
  remark 
  in 
  Mr, 
  Wallace's 
  paper, 
  that 
  a 
  certain 
  

   species 
  of 
  Hesperia, 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  beautiful 
  under 
  surface, 
  sat 
  with 
  its 
  wings 
  erect, 
  ob- 
  

   served 
  that 
  Nature 
  generally 
  provided 
  that 
  adornments 
  of 
  this 
  kind 
  should 
  be 
  exhi- 
  

   bited 
  ; 
  it 
  was 
  particularly 
  the 
  case 
  with 
  the 
  Catocalidae, 
  which, 
  having 
  very 
  beautiful 
  

   under 
  wings, 
  rested 
  with 
  the 
  upper 
  wings 
  open, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  under 
  wings 
  were 
  

   exposed. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Curtis 
  differed 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Westwood; 
  he 
  thought 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  genus 
  Catocala, 
  

   especially 
  in 
  C. 
  nupta, 
  this 
  was 
  not 
  the 
  case. 
  

  

  January 
  2, 
  1854. 
  

  

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

  

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

   donors: 
  — 
  The 
  'Zoologist' 
  for 
  January 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  Editor. 
  The 
  'Athenaeum' 
  for 
  December; 
  

   by 
  the 
  Editor. 
  The 
  ' 
  Literary 
  Gnzelte' 
  lor 
  December; 
  by 
  the 
  Editor. 
  The 
  'Journal 
  

   of 
  the 
  Society 
  of 
  Arts,' 
  for 
  December 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  Society. 
  Hewitson's 
  ' 
  Exotic 
  Butterflies,' 
  

  

  