9502 Entomological Society/. 



Members to profess to read papers of wliicli fragmentary portions only were actually 

 in existence, and months often elapsed before the Society was able to obtain possession 

 of the complete MS. in a fit state to send to the printer. For the last-mentioned 

 grievance the Secretary had the remedy in his own hands; and he announced that in 

 future no notice whatever, in the Minutes or otherwise, would be taken of any paper 

 of which the MS. was not delivered to the Secretary at the time of the author's reading 

 or professing to read such paper. 



February 6, 1865. — F. P. Pascoe, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Pascoe returned thanks for his re-election to the Presidency, and nominated 

 as bis Vice-Presidents, Messrs. Stainton, W. W. Saunders and Frederick Smith. 



The President announced that, through the liberality of Mr. W. Wilson Saunders, 

 the Council was able to offer two Prizes, of the value of Five Guineas each, to be 

 awarded to the authors of Essays of sufficient merit on subjects connected with 

 Economic Entomology. Further particulars would be given at the next Meeting. 



Donations to the Library. 



The following donations were announced, and thanks voted to the donors: — 

 'Memoires de I'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-arts de 

 Belgique,' Tomes xxxii. — xxxiv. ; ' Bulletins de I'Academie Royale des Sciences, des 

 Lettres et des Beaux-arts de Belgique,' 2me Series, Tomes vii. — xvii. 1859 — 64; 

 presented by the Academy. 'Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de 

 Moscou,' 1863 Nos. iii. and iv., 1864 No. i.; by the Society. 'Memoires pour servir 

 a I'Histoire Naturelle du Mexique des Antilles et des Etats-Uuis. Par Henri de 

 Saussure. Illme Livraison. Orthopteres — Blattides;' by the Author. 'Proceedings 

 of the Royal Society,' Vol. xiii. Nos. 66—70; by the Society. 'Journal of the Pro- 

 ceedings of the Linnean Society (Zoology),' Vol. viii. No. 30; by the Society. ' The 

 Zoologist' and 'The Entomologist' for February ; by the Editor. 'The Entomolo- 

 gists' Monthly Magazine ' for February ; by the Editors. 



Exhibitions, ^-c, 



Mr. Brewer exhibited Corticaria truncatella of Mannerheim, a beetle new to 

 Britain, of which he had captured a considerable number of specimens, and Ceutho- 

 rhynchus biguttatus, a rare British weevil ; both species were taken at Worthing, at 

 the roots of sea-side plants. 



Mr. Bond (on behalf of Mr. Rich, who was present as a visitor) exhibited further 

 specimens of the Hepialus from the Shellauds, of which some were shewn at the 

 previous January Meeting ; also examples of Bombus Smithianus of White, a species 

 hitherto found only in those islands. 



The President made some remarks on the geographical range of the genus Cossy- 

 phus. It had occurred in Portugal, Spain, Sicily, the Morea, Algeria, the Canaries 

 (not in Madeira), India, as far as Rangoon, but not in the Indian isles. Singularly 

 enough, however, a species closely allied to that from Rangoon had been taken at 

 Gawler, South Australia. 



Prof. Westwood was able to add aoother locality to this list, for he bad received a 

 fiue large species from Zambesi. ^ 



