PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON 



For the Year 1883. 



February 7, 1883. 

 J. W. Dunning, Esq., M.A., F.L.S., &c, President, in the chair. 



Mr. Dunning returned thanks to the Members for his election to 

 the office of President, and nominated Messrs. Stainton, Godman, and 

 M'Lachlan as Vice-Presidents for the ensuing year. 



Donations to the Library were announced, and thanks voted to the 

 respective donors. 



Election of Members. 

 Philip Crowley, Esq. (Waddon House, Croydon), and Capt. George 

 Ernest Shelley (13, Rutland Gate, W.), were balloted for and elected 

 Members of the Society. A. C. Horner, Esq. (Tonbridge, Kent), was 

 elected an Annual Subscriber. 



Exhibitions, <fkc. 



Mr. T. R. Billups exhibited a species of Conocephalus, which was taken 

 in a greenhouse at Lee, Kent, on August 18th, 1889. It was kept alive 

 until within ten days of the meeting, feeding on flies, spiders, pieces of 

 meat, &c, showing a decided preference for house flies. In August, 1881, 

 a similar specimen was taken in the same greenhouse, but their origin 

 could not be traced. 



Mr. J. Jenner Weir believed this to be the same species as the specimens 

 he exhibited last year (Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond., 188Q, p. xxi); he remarked 

 that in the matter of food his specimens certainly preferred spiders. 

 Referring to the predaceous habits of this species, Mr. Weir mentioned 

 that in Palestine Mr. Tristram had observed large locusts preying on the 

 herbivorous locusts. 



