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Sichel; presented by the Authors. ' ElateridesNouveaux,' par M.E. Candeze ; by the 

 Author. 'Tijdschiift voor Entoinologie,' Vol. vii. Parts 1 — 5; by the Enloniolo^ical 

 Socieiy of the Netheihuids. * Sepp, Nedeilandsclie Iiisecten,' 2<l Series, Nos. 35 — 

 46; by S. C. Snellen van Vollt-nhoven, Es(|. 'Synopsis des Agiiniiines, 4e le;j;i(in : 

 Pl.ityfiieiiiis,' par M. Edm. de Selys-Loiip;champs ; by Dr Haijeii. 'Die wirbeilosen 

 Tliiere der Pi'iiviiiz Preussen'; ' Die Oilonaten und Neuro|iteieD-Faiina Syiiens uiid 

 Klein-Asieiis;' by the Author, Dr. Hap;en. 'The Journal of Entomology,' No. 11 ; 

 by the Proprietors, 'The Zooloyisi' and 'The Entoimdogist' for December; by the 

 Editor. 'The Enloraologisi's Monthly Magazine,' No. 7; by the Editors. 'The 

 Journal of the Society of Arts' for November; by the Society. 'The Reader' for 

 Norember; by the Editor. 'The Athenaeum' for November; by the Editor. 



The following' additions by purchase were also announced : — Voyage de Decou- 

 vertes de I'Astrolabe — Partie Eotomologique, par le Docteur Boisduval; Fiibricius 

 (J. C), Species Inseclorum; Pavkuli (G.), Fauna Suecica, Insecta ; PaykuU (G.), 

 Monoyrapliia Staphyliuorum Sueciae ; Paykull (G.), Monographia Caraboruni Sueciae ; 

 Gravenhiirst (J. L. C), Coleoplera Microptera Brunsvicensia nee uon Exoticoruin 

 quotquoi exstant in Coilectionibus Enlomologorum Brunsvicensium ; Perchenm (A.), 

 Monographic des Passales; De Laferte-Senectere (F.), Mouographie des Anihiciis; 

 Slurni (Jacob), Catalog der Kaefer-Samnilung; Catalogue de la Collection Eotomo- 

 logique du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, par MAI. Milne-Edwards, Blau- 

 chard et Lucas; Fairmaire (Leon), Ebsai sur les Coleopteres de la Polyiiesie; 

 Fallen, Monographia Cimicum Sueciae. 



Election of Members. 



The Rev. Herbert Milnes, of Crich, near Matlock; William Hume, Esq., of 

 9, Gracechurch Street, London ; and Trovey Blaekinore, Esq., ol' The Hollies, Wands- 

 worth, were ballotted for and elected Members of the Socieiy. 



Exhibitions, ^c. 



Mr. J. Jenner Weir exhibited some microscopic preparations of the spiral tongues 

 of butterflies, for the imrpuse of showing the diversity of striation of the spiral tongue 

 in different species, and of certain papillce existing at the end of that member; the 

 papillae in Vanessa C-album were very different from those of the closely-allied species 

 of Vanessa, whilst in the genus Argynnis tliey were found to be extremely brittle. 



Mr. Bond exhibited a coloured drawing, by Mr. Buckler, of the larva of Acronycta 

 strigosa, feeding on hawthorn ; and a photograph of a remarkable negro variety of 

 Abraxas Grossulariata. 



The Rev. H. Clark exhibited a collection of Coleoplera made by Mr. Pickard- 

 Cambridge above Cairo. 



Mr. W. F. Evans sent for exhibition a box full of Lamellicorn beetles, or frag- 

 ments of beetles, which had been picked out of some New Zealand wool ; in some of 

 the fleeces there were thousands of them. He inquired whether the beetles were in 

 any way parasitic on the sheep, or sheep-tick feeders, or how they came to be in the 

 wool ? Mr. McLachlan said that thousands of the beetles occurred also in Australian 

 fleeces. Mr. Janson determined the species to be Pyronota festiva ; he believed that 

 in the course of their flight the insects came in contact with the sheep, and became 

 entangled in the wool so as to prevent their escape. 



