186 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
[The subject of insect anatomy is treated in Newman’s 
‘Grammar of Entomology,’ and later, in his ‘ Familiar Intro- 
duction to the History of Insects. Both these works are, 
however, out of print. There appears a demand for the latter, 
and it is to be hoped the publisher will eventually reprint it. 
—Ed.| 
Saturnia Carpini.—In reply to Mr. Edwards and Mr. 
Jones (Entom. ix. 161), the larva of Saturnia Carpini will 
feed upon whitethoru as well as on anything; and, indeed, is 
sometimes found on the lower shoots of those whitethorn 
bushes which happen to be on or at the edges of our heaths. 
—Geo. T. Porritt; Huddersfield, July 10, 1876. 
Extracts from the Proceedings of the Entomological Society 
of London. 
JANUARY 24, 1876—ANNUAL MEETING. 
Sir Sidney Smith Saunders, C.M.G., President, in the chair. 
[The following is an extract from the President’s Address. | 
Relation of various Groups of Hymenoptera.—Dr. Miiller 
has recently published a paper in the ‘Bienen Zeitung’ 
(July 2nd), whereof a summary appears in ‘ Nature’ (No. 314, 
November 4th), to which a sequel is promised hereafter ; 
wherein he treats of various groups of Hymenopterous 
insects, “in which we find a series of forms presenting more 
and more complex life-relations, accompanied by a higher 
and higher mental organisation ;” the consideration of which 
gradations he considers “calculated to throw much light on 
the question—How has the honey-bee acquired its remark- 
able instincts?” Commencing with the Tenthredinida, as 
“amongst the lowest of Hymenoptera,” exhibiting the 
simplest instincts in their mode of oviposition on the plant. 
upon which they themselves subsist; he passes on to the 
Cynipide, where we meet with a new mode of life, their 
incision giving rise to the well-known galls; after which, 
proceeding to the “insect-piercing species,” he considers 
that “this passage from phytophagous to carnivorous habits 
has not only led to the formation of many new species, but 
also to a greater complexity in the relation of the parents to 
