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  detected 
  in 
  abundance 
  at 
  Black 
  Gang 
  Chine, 
  Wallpan 
  Chine, 
  and 
  Ventnor, 
  in 
  the 
  

   flowers 
  of 
  a 
  hawk-weed, 
  from 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  July 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  August, 
  1826; 
  and 
  Mr. 
  

   Smith 
  also 
  has 
  lately 
  found 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  Isle 
  of 
  Wight. 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  regret 
  that 
  I 
  could 
  not, 
  from 
  the 
  hardness 
  of 
  the 
  foot-path 
  and 
  for 
  want 
  of 
  a 
  

   proper 
  instrument, 
  investigate 
  the 
  burrows, 
  apparently 
  formed 
  by 
  these 
  bees, 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  

   quite 
  unacquainted 
  with 
  their 
  metamorphoses.'' 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary 
  read 
  the 
  following 
  extract 
  from 
  a 
  letter 
  addressed 
  to 
  him 
  by 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  

   J. 
  Stevens 
  of 
  Bogota 
  : 
  — 
  " 
  Respecting 
  small 
  Lepidoptera, 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  in 
  

   this 
  hot 
  country, 
  at 
  least 
  nocturnal 
  ones, 
  for 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  candles 
  are 
  lighted 
  they 
  

   enter 
  into 
  the 
  houses 
  ; 
  but 
  in 
  most 
  parts 
  the 
  mosquitoes 
  enter 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time, 
  and 
  

   it 
  would 
  require 
  a 
  thorough-bred 
  entomologist 
  to 
  collect 
  moths 
  under 
  their 
  auspices." 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  papers 
  were 
  read 
  : 
  — 
  " 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  some 
  new 
  Species 
  of 
  Butter- 
  

   flies 
  from 
  South 
  America;' 
  by 
  W. 
  C. 
  Hewitson, 
  Esq. 
  The 
  first 
  part 
  of 
  a 
  "Monograph 
  

   of 
  the 
  ChrysomelidfE 
  of 
  Australia 
  ;" 
  by 
  J. 
  S. 
  Baly, 
  Esq. 
  " 
  Some 
  Observations 
  on 
  the 
  

   Excrement 
  of 
  Insects, 
  in 
  a 
  letter 
  addressed 
  to 
  William 
  Spence, 
  Esq., 
  F.E. 
  S., 
  &c. 
  ;'' 
  

   by 
  John 
  Davy, 
  M.D.. 
  F. 
  R. 
  S., 
  Inspector-General 
  of 
  Army 
  Hospitals. 
  In 
  this 
  paper 
  

   the 
  author 
  records 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  many 
  investigations 
  into 
  the 
  chemical 
  constituents 
  of 
  

   the 
  excrement 
  of 
  insects 
  of 
  several 
  Orders, 
  both 
  in 
  the 
  larva 
  and 
  adult 
  states, 
  remark- 
  

   ing 
  upon 
  the 
  importance 
  of 
  the 
  subject 
  with 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  vast 
  number 
  and 
  diffu- 
  

   sion 
  of 
  insects, 
  and 
  the 
  effect 
  their 
  excrement, 
  consisting 
  as 
  it 
  does 
  of 
  matter 
  most 
  

   powerfully 
  stimulant 
  to 
  vegetable 
  life, 
  must 
  have 
  in 
  the 
  economy 
  of 
  Nature. 
  

  

  A 
  new 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  Transactions 
  ' 
  was 
  announced 
  as 
  ready 
  for 
  distribution. 
  

  

  Anniversary 
  Meeting, 
  January 
  23, 
  1854. 
  

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

  

  The 
  Secretary 
  read 
  the 
  Bye 
  Law 
  pertaining 
  to 
  the 
  Annual 
  General 
  Meeting, 
  and 
  

   the 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Library 
  and 
  Cabinet 
  Committee, 
  made 
  to 
  and 
  and 
  adopted 
  by 
  the 
  

   Council. 
  Read 
  also 
  an 
  abstract 
  of 
  the 
  Treasurer's 
  Accounts, 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  appeared 
  

   that 
  the 
  finances 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  had 
  quite 
  recovered 
  from 
  their 
  depressed 
  state 
  at 
  the 
  

   end 
  of 
  1852, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  income 
  and 
  expenditure 
  were 
  now 
  about 
  equal. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  having 
  appointed 
  two 
  Scrutineers, 
  the 
  ballot 
  took 
  place 
  ; 
  when 
  it 
  

   appeared 
  that 
  Messrs. 
  W. 
  S. 
  Dallas, 
  Edward 
  Sheppard, 
  F. 
  Smith, 
  and 
  H. 
  T. 
  Stain- 
  

   ton 
  were 
  elected 
  into 
  the 
  Council, 
  in 
  the 
  room 
  of 
  Messrs. 
  J. 
  Curtis, 
  E. 
  W. 
  Janson, 
  

   W. 
  Spence, 
  and 
  J. 
  O. 
  Westwood 
  ; 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  following 
  gentlemen 
  were 
  re-elected 
  

   to 
  the 
  respective 
  offices 
  for 
  the 
  ensuing 
  year 
  : 
  — 
  Edward 
  Newman, 
  Esq., 
  President 
  ; 
  

   S. 
  Stevens, 
  Esq., 
  Treasurer 
  ; 
  and 
  J. 
  W. 
  Douglas 
  and 
  W. 
  Wing, 
  Secretaries. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  then 
  delivered 
  the 
  following 
  Address 
  : 
  for 
  this, 
  and 
  his 
  services 
  to 
  

   the 
  Society 
  during 
  the 
  year, 
  the 
  Meeting 
  passed 
  a 
  vote 
  of 
  thanks, 
  and 
  he 
  was 
  requested 
  

   to 
  allow 
  his 
  Address 
  to 
  be 
  printed. 
  

  

  Votes 
  of 
  thanks 
  were 
  also 
  passed 
  to 
  the 
  Treasurer, 
  Secretaries, 
  and 
  retiring 
  Mem- 
  

   bers 
  of 
  the 
  Council. 
  

  

  