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some being very large and full blown, others small and budding. Of the varieties 

 described by Gusse were bruiinea and rubida. I may also mention, for the benefit of 

 any lovers of sea anemones who may visit the Isle of Wight, that of Actinia Mesera- 

 bryanlhemum (the variety fragacea) Freshwater Bay is quite a " strawberry bed." 

 There also may be found good specimens of other varieties, such as ligrina, olivacea, 

 bepatica, &c. Bunodes Ballii and Anthea Cereus are also to be found there ; this 

 last is also very abundant between Sbankliu and Saudown, where also may be found 

 Sagartia Troglodytes, S. bellis, and, though not very abundantly, Tealia crassicornis. 

 This last, and S. Troglodytes in several varieties, are also found on the shores of the 

 Solent, opposite the Isle of Wight. — /. Pemherton Bartlett. 



Proceedings of Societies. 

 Entomological Society. 

 January 7, 1861. — J. W. Douglas, Esq., President, in the chair. 



Donations. 



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

 to the donors: — ' Tijdschrift voor Entomologie,' Vol. iii. Part 4; presented by 

 the Entomological Society of the Netherlands. ' Abhantilungen de Mathemai- 

 Physikalischen Classe der Koeniglich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften,' 

 Vol. viii. Part 3. ' Deokrede auf Alexander von Humboldt ;' ' Sitzungsberichte 

 der Konigl. bayer Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Miinchen,' 1860, Part 3 ; by 

 the Academy. ' Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenics Resa omkring Jorden In- 

 sekter,' Parts 2 and 3 ; by the Academic Royale des Sciences de Stockholm. ' Papers 

 and Proceedings of the Eoyal Society of Tasmania,' Vol. iii. Part 2 ; ' Report of the 

 Royal Society of Tasmania' for 1858 ; by the Society. ' Proceedings of the Royal 

 Society,' Vol. x. No. 41 ; by the Society. 'British Butterflies: Figures of every 

 Native Species, with an Account of Butterfly-development, Structure, Habits, Localities, 

 Mode of Capture and Preservation, &c.,' by W. S. Coleman ; by the Publishers, Messrs. 

 Routledge, Warne and Routledge. * Monograph of Halticidae in the Collection of the 

 British Museum,' by the Rev. Hamlet Clark, M.A., F.L.S., Physapodes and QSdi- 

 podes. Part 1 ; by the Author. ' Exotic Butterflies,' Part 37 ; by W. W. Saunders, 

 Esq. ' The Zoologist ' for January ; by the Editor. ' The Journal of the Society of 

 Arts ' for December ; by the Society. ' The Athenaeum ' for December ; by the Editor. 

 ' Catalogue of British Coleoptera,' by G. R. Waterhouse, Esq., F.Z.S., &c.. Sheets m 

 and N, two copies; by the Author. 'The Entomologist's Annual' for 1861; 'The 

 Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer,' Nos. 218 to 222 inclusive ; by H. T. Stainton, 

 Esq. 



Election of a Member, ^c. 



Francis A. Jesse, Esq., of Lanbedr Hall, Derbyshire, was elected a Member; and 

 W. F.Kirby, Esq., of 25, Albert Street, Moruington Crescent, and H. W. Bates, Esq., 

 of King Street, Leicester, were elected Subscribers to the Society. 



Exhibitions. 



Mr. S. Stevens exhibited some splendid Papilios and other Lepidoptera sent from 

 Cerura by Mr. Wallace. 



