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Art. LVIII. — Proceedings of the Entomological Club. 

 Sitting of the 19th January, 1837. 



Mr. Bennett in the Chair. 



The Curator read the following list of donations, received 

 since the last meeting :— 



Mr. Veness, of Deptford. A specimen of Cymothea 

 CEstrus. 



Mr. R. Foster, of London. Various East Indian Arachnoida. 



Mr. Raddon, of Bristol. Various rare British Noctuites, 

 also various Coleoptera, from Gambia. 



Mr. J. W. Bond, of London. Various British insects. 



Mr. E. Newman, of Deptford. The 18th number of the 

 Entomological Magazine, and the Grammar of Entomology. 



Mr. E. Charlesworth, of London. The 1st number of 

 the Magazine of Natural History, new series. 



Mr. George Bevington, of London. A collection of in- 

 jects, principally Coleoptera, from the Cape of Good Hope. 



Mr. William Stafford, of Godalming. Various rare Bri- 

 tish Coleoptera, collected in the neighbourhood of Godalming. 



Mr. T. Marshall, of Birmingham. Several hundred Bri- 

 tish insects of all classes ; some of them rare. 



Mr. R. Weaver, of the Birmingham Museum. Various rare 

 British insects; among them, beautiful specimens of Catocala 

 sponsa, and C. promissa. 



Mr. W. Christy, jun., of London. Geoffroy's " Histoire 

 abrtgee des Insectes," 2 vols. 4to. with numerous plates ; also 

 " Monstrositates Coleopterorum," by Dr. Hermann Martin 

 Asmuss. 



Messrs. James D. Dana and James Whelpley, " A Trea- 

 tise on two American species of the genus Hydraena," written by 

 the donors, and published in the American Journal of Science, 

 and Arts, No. 2, Vol. XXX. 



Mr. J. B. Bevington, of London. Drury's work on In- 

 sects, entitled, " Illustrations of Natural History," 3 vols., 4to., 

 containing 150 highly finished copper-plate engravings; also, 

 a fine pair ofPrionus, from Africa. The species is apparently 

 undescribed. 



