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Mr. Smith read a note ' On the Habits of the Bee, Lestis bombylans, and a Cor- 

 rection of its Synonymy,' as follows : — 



Lestis bombylans. 



Apis bombylans, Fab. Ent. Syst. ii. 338, 104, $ . 

 Centris bombylans, Fab. Syst. Piez. 358, 19. 



Also a description of a new species under the name of 



Lestis meatus, Smith. 



" Female, (7 to 8 lines). Brassy green ; the pubescence on the face pale yellow ; tho- 

 rax punctured ; wings slightly fuscous ; pubescence at the anex of the abdomen 

 pale yellow. 



" Male, (7 to 8 lines). Brassy; face as in L. bombylans, but yellow, patches of pu- 

 bescence much more dense and bright yellow ; wings hyaline, slightly fuscous ; 

 all the legs fringed with bright yellow pubescence." 



Mr. Smith also read a note ' On the Habits of Abispa, a solitary Australian 

 Wasp.' 



June 2, 1851. 



J. O. Westwood, Esq., President, in the chair. 



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

 respective donors : — 'The Zoologist' for June; by the Editor. ' The AthenEeum ' 

 for May ; by the Editor. ' Entomologische Zeitung' for May; by the Entomological 

 Society of Stettin. ' Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou,' 

 1850, No. 2 ; by the Society. ' Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Classe 

 der Koeniglich Bayerischen Akademie da Wissenchaften,' band v. parts 2 & 3: Bul- 

 letin, ditto, 1848 — 50 : by the Academie. ' Hymenopterologische Studien von Arnold 

 Foerster;' by Mr. Stainton. ' Insecta Saundersiana, Diptera, part 2;' by W. W. 

 Saunders, Esq. A box of Cape insects, by — Rooper, Esq., through Mr. Spence. A 

 fine hornet's nest, found in an uninhabited cottage near Thornbury Park, Gloucester- 

 shire ; by H. W. Newman, Esq. 



H. W. Newman, Esq., Thornbury Park, Gloucestershire, and Herr Ernst A. Zuc- 

 kohl, Halle, Prussia, were elected Members of the Society ; and Alfred Beaumont, 

 Esq., Huddeisfield, a Subscriber. 



Mr. Spence, on the part of Mr. Ellis, exhibited some oak leaves attacked by two 

 different larvae, one of which was Lepidopterous, and the other, which had rolled up 

 the leaves, was Coleopterous. 



