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1. That the grub, or larva, and the beetle, are identical, the 
latter being the mature or perfect state. 
2. That the name is Niptus hololeucus; the slight differ- 
ence between those found in tea and those in meal, or other 
substances, may possibly arise from a difference of food. 
3. [t is certainly an imported insect, scarcely known in 
Britain before 1839, but now thoroughly naturalised. 
There is no evidence to show whether it exists in China, 
so as to get into the tea at its first source; but seeing that it 
thrives on tea, is already abundant in Britain, and that British 
individuals have enjoyed the opportunity of founding colonies 
in the tea-chests that have “been three or four. years in 
bonded warehouses,” it seems highly probable that they 
have done so. Were the beetle known in China as a feeder on 
tea, or even as a native, it might perhaps fairly be inferred 
that it originally reached us from that country; but that is 
not the case.—Hdward Newman.] 
Extracts from the Proceedings of the Entomological Society 
of London. 
November 2, 1874.—Sir Sidney Smith Saunders, C.M.G., 
President, in the chair. 
Deiopéia pulchellan—My. Stevens exhibited three speci- 
mens of D. pulchella, taken at Arundel and Deal, and a 
Noctua from Dover that he had not been able to identify. 
Prof. Westwood remarked that the late Lieut-Gen. Sir J. B. 
Hearsey had frequently observed D. pulchella to be very 
destructive in gardens in different parts of India. 
Herrich- Scheffer’s Collection.—Prof. Westwood remarked 
that he had recently seen the collection of Lepidoptera of 
Herrich-Scheffer, now in possession of his son Dr. Scheffer, 
of Ratisbon, but that, unfortunately, they had been so much 
neglected that the greater part were in the worst condition. 
The collection of Tortrices, formed by the late Herr Fischer 
v. Réslerstamm, were, however, still in good preservation. 
Rare British Lepidoptera.—Mx. Bird exhibited specimens 
of Sesia culiciformis ; bred from pupz obtained at Rowhill 
Wood, near Bexley. The usual type with the ved band 
across the body is not uncommon, but those exhibited had 
the band yellow. Mr. Bird had bred several this and last 
