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Proceedings of Societies. 

 Entomological Society. 

 January 6, 1862. — J. W. Douglas, Esq., President, in the chair. 



Donations. 

 The following donations were announced, and thants ordered to be presented to the 

 donors: — 'Nouveaux Memoires de la Societe Imperiale des Natur.ilistes de Moscoii,' 

 Tome xiii. Liv. II. : ' Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscoii,' 

 1860, Nos. 2, 3 and 4 ; presented by ftie Society. ' Exotic Butterflies,' Part 41 ; by 

 W.W.Saunders, Esq. ' Sitzungsherichte derKonigl. Bayer. Akademie der Wissen- 

 scbaften zu Miinchen,' 1861, I. Heft IV. ; by the Academy. 'The Zoologist' for 

 January, 1862; by the Editor. ' The Journal of the Society of Arts' for December ; 

 by the Editor. 'The Athenaeum' for November and December; by the PMitor. 

 Bibliotheca Historico-Naturalis Physico-Chemica et Matheraatica,' Vol. ix.; by the 

 Editor, Ernst A. Zuchold. ' The Entomologist's Annual' for 1862 ; by the Editor, 

 H. T. Stainton, Esq. 



Election of a Subscriber. 



W. S. M. D'Urban, Esq., of Newport House, near Exeter, was balloted for, and 

 elected a Subscriber to the Society. 



Bxhibitions. 



Mr. Smith exhibited a mutilated specimen of Myrmedonia Hciwoithi, captured by 

 Mr. Bouchard, near Sutton, Surrey ; and a singular nest of a bee of ihe genus 

 Anthidium, brought from the Cape of Good Hope by Mr. D'Urban : this nest was 

 formed of the fibres from the stems of plants, and might be mistaken for a spider's 

 nest, from its external appearance; in the interior Mr. S. found the parasite of the 

 bee, a species of Leucospis, believed to be L. ornata. 



Mr. Smith also exhibiied spines of a species of Acacia, also brought from the 

 Cape of Good Hope by Mr. D'Urban ; the interior of these formidable spines, being 

 hollow, is frequently found occupied by the nest of a bee of the genus Hylajus. Mr. 

 Smith believed this genus of bees constructs no cells of any kind ; the pupae is merely 

 enclosed in a very slight web ; and on opening these spines, the eggs, larvae, and per- 

 fect bees were found mixed indiscriminately together. 



Mr. Waterhouse stated that he hud recently detected, in the collection of Dr. 

 Power, specimens of Gyrophaena pulchella, a species not hitherto recorded as a native 

 of Britain. 



Mr. Bond exhibited a sample of compressed peat, cut in thin slices, which had 

 lately been introduced in Germany as a substitute for cork for lining entomo- 

 logical boxes and drawers ; the total absence of holes and hard veins, which are occa- 

 sionally found even in the best cork, make it well adapted for the above purpose, 

 especially when fine pins are employed, whilst the cost is said to be less than that of 

 cork. 



Dr. Knaggs exhibited some cases of species of Psychidae, containing living 

 pupae, which he had lately received from Mr. James Currighan, of Ararat, Victoria. 

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