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evident that the larva and pupa states are much liardier than that of the imago ; at least 

 so far as the males are concerned, I have found it very difficult to obtain any alive after 

 the external organs were fully developed. As it is, the circumstances under which they 

 appear are very favourable to their examination ; one single orange, if well selected, 

 will supply every condition I have mentioned ; and I imagine that, from the fact of the 

 shield being such a complete protection, the metamorphoses are more distinct in their 

 development than under the more ordinary circumstances where the insect itself is 

 exposed. I have invariably used Mr. Wenham's binocular arrangement with the 

 microscope, and I can only say that for this class of investigations the results are per- 

 fectly marvellous. — Richard Beck. 



Proceedings of Societies. 



Entomological Society. 



August 6, 1861.— J. W. Douglas, Esq., President, in the chair. 



Donations. 

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

 the donors :— ' Proceedings of the Royal Society,' vol. xi. No. 44 ; presented by the 

 Society. ' Proceedings of the Zoological Society,' 1861, part 1 ; by the Society. 

 ' Sitzuugberichte der.Kouigl. bayer. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Munnchen,' 

 1861,1; by the Academy. 'The Natural History of the Tineiiia,' vol. vi. ; 'The 

 Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer,' Nos. 248—252 inclusive; by H. T. Staintou, 

 Esq. 'The Zoologist' for August; by the Editor. 'Anatomisch-Physiologisclie Uii- 

 terserchungen iiberden Athmungsprozess der Insekten,' von H. Ralhke; by the Author. 

 ' Die Metamorphose des Caryoborus (Bruchus) gonagra. Fair.,' vun H. L. Elditl ; by 

 the Author. ' Schieften der Koniglichen Physikolisch-okonomischen Gesellschaft zer 

 Konigsberg,' Erster Jahrgang, Ablh. 1 and 2 ; by the Society. ' The Athena'um ' for 

 July ; by the Editor. 



Election of a Subscriber. 



John G. Grenfell, Esq., of the Biitish Museum, was elected a Subscriber to the 

 Society. 



Jlxhibitions. 



Mr. Bowring exhibited a box of Coleoptera from Penang, including many interest- 

 ing species of Longicorns, some remarkable Cetonidae and Cassididae, a new species 

 of Paussus, &c. 



Mr. Stevens exhibited a splendid series of Buprestidae, from the neighbourhood of 

 Adelaide, containing upwards of fifty species. 



Mr. M'Lachlan exhibited drawings of the larva; of EupilLecia pusillata, E. dodo- 

 neata, Charadrina blanda and C. alsines, executed by the Rev. H. Harpur Crewe. 



Mr. Stainton exhibited two examples of a Noctua, taken in the fens of Norfolk, at 

 the end of June, by Messrs. Winter and Crotch, and which is believed to be the Non- 

 agria Elymi of Treitschke. a species hitherto only found on the shores of the Baltic. 



Mr. Fereday exhibited a singular Polyommatus, which he believed to he a hybrid 

 produced from P. Alexis and P. ^Egon ; also two fine varieties of Taeniocampa munda, 

 found on sallow blossoms near Croydon. 



