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  Part 
  9 
  ; 
  by 
  W. 
  W. 
  Saunders, 
  Esq. 
  ' 
  Verhandlungen 
  des 
  zoologisch-botanisch 
  Veveins 
  

   in 
  Wein,' 
  1 
  Band. 
  Wein, 
  1852 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  Society. 
  ' 
  Entomologiscbe 
  Zeitung 
  ,' 
  October 
  

   to 
  December, 
  1853, 
  and 
  for 
  1853, 
  complete. 
  ' 
  Linnea 
  Entomologica,' 
  viii. 
  Band. 
  

   Berlin. 
  1853. 
  ' 
  Beitrage 
  zur 
  niibern 
  Kenntniss 
  von 
  Periplaneta 
  (Blatta) 
  orientalis, 
  

   Linne 
  ; 
  ' 
  von 
  C. 
  Cornelius 
  : 
  Elberfeld 
  ; 
  all 
  by 
  the 
  Entomological 
  Society 
  of 
  Stettin. 
  

   ' 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Council 
  of 
  the 
  Art 
  Union 
  of 
  London 
  for 
  1853,' 
  and 
  'Almanac 
  for 
  1854 
  ; 
  ' 
  

   by 
  the 
  Art 
  Union. 
  Two 
  pairs 
  of 
  Laelia 
  coenosa 
  ; 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Foxcroft. 
  Fifty 
  specimens 
  

   of 
  butterflies; 
  by 
  T. 
  J. 
  Stevens, 
  Esq., 
  Bogota, 
  Corr. 
  M. 
  E. 
  S. 
  A 
  box 
  of 
  British 
  

   Micro-Lepidoptera 
  ; 
  by 
  P. 
  H. 
  Vaughan, 
  Esq. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  announced 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Thomas 
  Whitfield, 
  well 
  known 
  as 
  a 
  zoological 
  col- 
  

   lector 
  in 
  Africa, 
  and 
  whose 
  exertions, 
  during 
  thirty 
  years, 
  added 
  many 
  rare 
  animals 
  to 
  

   the 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  Earl 
  of 
  Derby, 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  <Scc., 
  died 
  in 
  London, 
  on 
  

   the 
  25th 
  of 
  December 
  last. 
  

  

  Miss 
  S. 
  Thompson, 
  Barn 
  Hill, 
  near 
  Stamford, 
  was 
  elected 
  a 
  Subscriber 
  to 
  the 
  

   Society. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  ^S. 
  Stevens 
  exhibited 
  some 
  butterflies 
  received 
  by 
  him 
  from 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  J. 
  

   Stevens, 
  of 
  Bogota, 
  among 
  them 
  a 
  couple 
  of 
  the 
  rare 
  and 
  beautiful 
  Morpho 
  Ga- 
  

   nymede, 
  Westu'ood, 
  (M. 
  Sulskowskii, 
  Knllar). 
  One 
  of 
  them 
  being 
  quite 
  spoiled 
  by 
  

   grease 
  when 
  it 
  arrived, 
  was 
  immersed 
  for 
  twenty-four 
  hours 
  in 
  camphine, 
  and 
  then 
  

   magnesia 
  having 
  been 
  applied, 
  it 
  was 
  restored 
  to 
  its 
  original 
  brilliancy, 
  so 
  that 
  no 
  one 
  

   could 
  tell 
  which 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  had 
  been 
  greasy. 
  He 
  also 
  exhibited 
  a 
  few 
  butterflies 
  from 
  

   Manilla, 
  whence 
  very 
  few 
  are 
  obtained 
  in 
  this 
  country. 
  

  

  j\Ir. 
  Westwood 
  handed 
  the 
  following 
  extract 
  from 
  the 
  ' 
  Gardener's 
  Chronicle,' 
  to 
  

   which 
  journal 
  it 
  was 
  communicated 
  by 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  Fortune 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  am 
  staying 
  at 
  present 
  (August 
  16th) 
  in 
  a 
  Buddhist 
  temple, 
  situated 
  in 
  a 
  most 
  

   romantic 
  and 
  beautiful 
  spot 
  amongst 
  the 
  tea-hills 
  in 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Chekiang. 
  

   Some 
  of 
  the 
  priests 
  in 
  this 
  temple 
  are 
  fond 
  of 
  bees, 
  or 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  they 
  are 
  fonder 
  

   of 
  the 
  honey, 
  and 
  keep 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  hives. 
  The 
  Chinese 
  hive 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  rude 
  

   aff"air, 
  and 
  a 
  very 
  diff'ereut 
  looking 
  thing 
  from 
  those 
  we 
  are 
  accustomed 
  to 
  use 
  in 
  

   England, 
  and 
  yet 
  I 
  suspect 
  were 
  the 
  bees 
  consulted 
  in 
  the 
  matter 
  they 
  would 
  prefer 
  

   the 
  Chinese 
  one 
  to 
  ours. 
  It 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  rough 
  box, 
  someiimes 
  square 
  and 
  sometimes 
  

   cylindrical, 
  with 
  a 
  movable 
  top 
  and 
  bottom. 
  When 
  the 
  bees 
  are 
  put 
  into 
  a 
  hive 
  of 
  

   this 
  description 
  it 
  is 
  rarely 
  placed 
  on 
  or 
  near 
  the 
  ground, 
  as 
  with 
  us, 
  but 
  is 
  raised 
  

   eight 
  or 
  ten 
  feet, 
  and 
  generally 
  fixed 
  uiider 
  the 
  projecting 
  roof 
  of 
  a 
  house 
  or 
  out- 
  

   building. 
  No 
  doubt 
  the 
  Chinese 
  have 
  remarked 
  the 
  partiality 
  which 
  the 
  insects 
  have 
  

   for 
  places 
  of 
  this 
  kind 
  when 
  they 
  choose 
  quarters 
  for 
  themselves, 
  and 
  have 
  taken 
  a 
  

   lesson 
  from 
  this 
  circumstance. 
  My 
  landlord, 
  who 
  has 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  hives, 
  having 
  

   determined 
  one 
  day 
  to 
  take 
  some 
  honey 
  from 
  two 
  of 
  them, 
  a 
  half-witted 
  priest 
  who 
  is 
  

   famous 
  for 
  his 
  prowess 
  in 
  such 
  matters 
  was 
  sent 
  for 
  to 
  perform 
  the 
  operation. 
  This 
  

   man, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  his 
  priestly 
  duties, 
  has 
  the 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  buifciloes 
  which 
  are 
  kept 
  

   on 
  the 
  farm 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  temple. 
  He 
  came 
  round 
  in 
  high 
  glee, 
  evidently 
  consider- 
  

   ing 
  his 
  qualification 
  of 
  no 
  ordinary 
  kind 
  for 
  the 
  operation 
  he 
  was 
  about 
  to 
  perform. 
  

   Curious 
  to 
  witness 
  his 
  method 
  of 
  proceeding 
  with 
  the 
  business, 
  I 
  left 
  some 
  work 
  with 
  

   which 
  I 
  was 
  busy, 
  and 
  followed 
  him 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  priests 
  and 
  servants 
  of 
  the 
  

   establishment 
  to 
  the 
  place 
  where 
  the 
  hives 
  were 
  fixed. 
  The 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  hives, 
  in 
  this 
  

   instance, 
  was 
  cylindrical, 
  each 
  was 
  about 
  three 
  feet 
  in 
  height, 
  and 
  rather 
  wider 
  at 
  the 
  

   bottom 
  than 
  the 
  top. 
  When 
  we 
  reached 
  the 
  spot 
  where 
  the 
  hives 
  were 
  p'aced, 
  our 
  

  

  