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The President appointed as Vice-Presidents, Messrs. Bond, W. W. Saunders and 

 G. R. Waterhouse. 



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

 donors : ' Mernoires de la Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege,' tome 6, being 

 ' Revue des Odonates ou Libellules d'Europe ;' par M. C. de Selys-Longchamps. 

 1 Monographia Cassididarum ;' auctore Carolo H. Bohetnan, tome 1 ; both presented 

 by Mr. Stainton. ' Entomologische Zeitung,' for December, 1850 ; by the Entomo- 

 logical Society of Stettin. The 'Zoologist' for February ; by the Editor. A speci- 

 men of Sirex duplex and one of the Tenthredinidae ; by Mr. Lubbock. A collection 

 of Indian insects, contained in twelve cases and in the finest condition ; by — Grant, 

 Esq., Elchies. 



The President observed that the addition of this valuable donation of Mr. Grant's, 

 made the Society possessor of one of the finest collections of Indian insects in Europe. 



Major E. Sheppard, F.L.S., Bellefield House, Parson's Green, Augustus Shep- 

 pard, Esq., Bellefield House, Parson's Green, and J. Mcintosh, Esq., Charminster, 

 near Dorchester, were balloted for and elected members of the Society. 



Mr. S. Stevens exhibited a new butterfly (Thaumantis Howqua) Westwood MS., 

 and two specimens of the Papilio Telamon of Donovan, both recently taken by Mr. 

 Fortune, in the north of China. 



The President remarked that the last species was especially interesting, although 

 the specimens were in bad condition, for no example had been seen since the time of 

 Donovan, and not one was known to be now in existence ; and the examination of 

 these had shown that the species was not a true Papilio, but formed a new genus be- 

 tween Thais and Teinopalpus. 



Mr. Saunders exhibited some Lepidoptera from Brazil, remarkable for the great 

 size of their projecting palpi, simulating the appearance presented by the peculiar 

 legs of the genus Polypogon. 



The President exhibited some galls found on vines, sent to him by Sir O. Mosley, 

 Bart. No insect had yet been reared from them ; indeed in many that he had ex- 

 amined, no insect was present, but in one he had found a larva which appeared to 

 belong to a species of Curculionidse. 



Mr. Douglas and Mr. Stainton exhibited some twigs of yew, from Mickleham 

 and Worksop, in which the growth had been stopped, and the agglomeration of the 

 terminal leaves had caused the formation of a knob about the size of a hazel-nut. In 

 some of these a small lepidopterous larva had been found, which was probably the 

 cause of the arrested development : and Mr. Douglas, adverting to a conversation 

 about the food of Ditula angustiorana which took place on the 4th of February, 1850, 

 at this Society's meeting, suggested that these might be the larvae of that species of 

 Tortricidae. 



Mr. Stainton mentioned that during the past week he had seen in the seed-vessels 

 of common furze, fully developed specimens of Oxystoma Ulicis, apparently waiting 

 until their cells should open. 



Mr. Lubbock exhibited some small globular nests, apparently of a spider, attached 

 to stems of grass, but they were untenanted. 



Mr. Douglas exhibited a somewhat singular nest, found last week at Mickleham, 

 on the ground, formed between leaves still attached to the twig of beech on which 

 they had grown, and the architect, a spider, accompanied it. 



Mr. Stainton exhibited a small bunch of evergreen oak, the leaves on which were 



