7910 E)itomoloyical Society. 



An abstract of tlie Treasurer's accounts was read by Mr. M'Laclilan, one of the 

 Auditors, aud showed a balance in favour of the Society of £122 Gs. Ad. 



The President delivered an Address ou the state and prospects of the Society and 

 of Entomology iu general; the Meeting passed a vote of thanks to the President for 

 his Address, and ordered it to be published in the ' Proceedings ' of the Society. 



A vote of thanks to the President for the courteous and able manner in which he 

 had fulfilled the duties of his i)osition during the two years that he had occupied the 

 Presidential Chair; to Mr. Janson, the retiring Secretary; and to the other retiring 

 Members of the Council, was also unanimously agreed to by the Meeting. 



February 3, 1862. — Frederick Smith, Esq., President, in the chair. 



The President thanked the Society for having selecied him to fill the chair; and 

 nominated Messrs. Lubbock, Pascoe and W. Wilson Saunders to be his Vice- 

 Presidents. 



Donations. 



The following donations were announced, and thanks ordered to be presented to 

 the donors:— 'T!ie Journal of Entomology,' No. 4; presented by the Proprietors. 

 ' The Aihena;um ' for January ; by the Eilitor. ' The Journal of the Society of Arts' 

 for January; by the Editor. ' The Zoologist' for February ; by the Editor. ' Sit- 

 zungsberichte der Konigl. Bayer. Akad. der Wissenschaften zu Miinchen,' 1861, 

 Heft V. ; by the Academy. 



Exhibitions. 

 Mr. Dunning suggested that the accuracy of the minutes would be increased, and 

 the value of the Society's 'Proceedings' materially enhanced, if each Member who 

 made exhibitions, or took part in the discussions or conversations thereupon, would 

 have the goodness to hand to the Secretary, either during or at the close of the 

 Meeting, or to transmit to him by post, a brief note containing the substance of his 

 communication to the Society, the names of insects referred to, and the authorities 

 for those names, references to authors quoted, aud generally any facts narrated or 

 opinions expressed by the Member, which he thinks it desirable to have recorded. It 

 was scarcely advisable to trust more than necessary to the Secretary's memory or 

 power of rapid reporting; and Mr. Dunning thought that whilst the carrying the 

 above suggestion into effect would be a great convenience to the Secretary, it would 

 entail but slight inconvenience on each individual Member. 



Mr. Lubbock exhibited a magnified drawing of a singular dipterous larva found 

 under logs of wood; he was unable to state to what family it belonged, but hoped to 

 breed the perfect insect. 



Professor Westwood, though at first inclined to consider it the larva of one of the 

 Muscida', thought it most probably referable to some species allied to Platypeza. 



Mr, Walker remembered having, some years ago, found flat larvae adhering closely 

 to dainp wood, and somewhat resembling that represented in Mr. Lubbock's figure: 

 he a'Mced with Professor Westwood that the larva did not belong to the Muscidae. 



Mr. Stainton exhibited a living pupa of the lepidopterous genus Micropteryx, and 



