9620 Entomological Society. 



SeParlie; by the Society. 'The Eoiomologisl's Monthly Magazine' for May ; bjlhe 

 Editors. 'The Zoologist' for May ; by the Editor. 



Election nf Members. 



F. D. Godman, Esq., of Park Hatch, Godalining; J. T. D.Llewellyn, Esq., of 

 Ynisygeiwn, Neath; and VV. H. Groser, Esq., of 19, Claremonl Square, London; 

 were severally ballolted for, and elected Members. 



C. B. Clarke, Esq., Fellow of Queen's College, Cambridge; Edward Clift, Esq., 

 of Lewisham; and Mr. W. Farren, of 10, Crescent, Cambridge; were severally 

 ballotted for, and elected Annual Subscribers. 



Death of IVilliam Sharp MacLeay. 



The Secretary read from a Sydney paper of the IJOih of January, 1SC5, an obituary 

 notice of William Sharp MacLeay, whose death, at the age of seventy-two, occurred 

 on the 26th of that month. Mr. MacLeay was elected a Member of this Society ia 

 1837 and a Member of the Council for 1838, but resigned on his departure fur 

 Australia iu 1839. 



Exhibitiont, ^c. 



Prof. Westwood mentioned that with reference to the jigger, the subject of some 

 discussion at the previous Meeting, Mr. F. Smith had called his attention to a passa;,'e 

 in Watertiin's ' Wanderings in Snuih America,' pp. 173, 174, as tending to show that 

 the larvae fed on the flesh in which they were deposited. He considered, however, that 

 further ohservalion on this puiiu was necessary. 



Mr. S. Stevens produced a Cassiila, which he had hoped to have exhibited alive ; 

 it had been found some days previously in London, near a newly-opened case of 

 Orchids, but had unfortunately died a few hours before the Meeting. Mr. Baly 

 recognized the beetle as a Himalayan species of the genus Brioptera. 



Mr. Siainton exhibited a nest of smooth (hairless) Lepidopterous larvae found near 

 Marlborough, hanging from a beech-tree by means of silkeu strings, which were at 

 first mistaken for threads. 



Mr. Dunning read tlie following extract from the 'Journal of the Society of Arts' 

 for the i4th of April, 1865:— 



"A new American Silkworm. — It appears, from ' Silliman's Journal,' that after 

 numerous experiments, Mr. L. Trouvelot, of Medford, Mass., has succeeded in rearing 

 successfully, and in great numhers, Att.icus Polyphemus, Zinri., and in preparing from 

 its cocoon an excellent quality of silk, p'lssessini; great lustre and strength, and pro- 

 nounced superior to Japanese and all other silk<, except the best Chinese, by com- 

 petent judges. The silk is unwound by a sin)ple process perfected by Mr. Trouvelot, 

 each cocoon yielding about 1600 yards. This insect is very hardy, being found 

 throughout the Northern Stales and Canada ; and, as it feeds upon the leaves of oak, 

 maple, willow, and other common forest trees, may be reared easily in any part of the 

 coimtry. Mr. Trouvelot has gradually increased his slock from year to year, by 

 raising young from the eggs of the few individuals first captured, until he has at 

 present seven waggon-loads of cocoons, the entire progeny of which he proposes to 

 raise during the coming season. The first public notice of his experiments with this 

 insect was given by Mr. Trouvelot at a meeting of the Institute of Technology, at 

 Boston, about a year ago, when he exhibited specimens of silk manufactured from it, 

 both natural-coloured and dyed." 



