564 The Zoologist— January, 1867. 



PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



Entomological Society. 



November 5, 1866.— Sir John Lubbock, Bart., President, in the chair. 



The Meeting was this day for the first time held in Burlington House. A resolu- 

 tion in the following terms was proposed by the President, seconded by Mr. Alfred 

 R. Wallace, and carried by general consent: — 



"That the Society desires to record its sense of the liberality and kindly feeling of 

 the Linnean Society evinced by the permission given to assemble in these Rooms, and 

 that the thanks of the Society be offered to the Linnean Society accordingly." 



Notice of Subjects for Discussion. 



The President referred to the suggestions made by the Council twelve months 

 previously (see 'Proceedings,' 1865, p. 128), as to giving notice beforehaud of papers 

 intended to be read or subjects to be introduced for discussion. In no single instance 

 had notice been given; but the Council was so convinced that the interest and 

 scientific value of the Meetings would be increased by the adoption of such a course, 

 that he had been requested again to mention this matter from the Chair. If the 

 Secretary were forewarned in time to announce the subject for consideration in the 

 'Athenaeum' of the Saturday preceding the Meeting, Members specially interested in 

 and conversant with that subject would probably make a point of being present, and 

 moreover invitations might be issued to men of science who were known to be well 

 acquainted with the matter, and thus the discussions, otherwise desultory, might lead 

 to definite practical results. 



Donations to the Library. 



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

 'The Journal of the Linnean Society,' Zoology, Vol. ix. No. 34 ; presented by the 

 Society. ' The Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England,' 2nd scries, 

 Vol. ii. Part 2; by the Society. Hewitson's ' Exotic Butterflies,' Part GO; by W. \V. 

 Saunders, Esq. Lacordaire, 'Genera des Coleopteres,' Vol. vii., and Parts 7 & 8 of 

 the Plates; by the Author. 'Observations on the Development and Position of the 

 Hymenoptera, with Notes on the Morphology of Insects,' by A. S. Packard, jun.; by 

 the Author. 'Eugereon Boeckingii, eine neue Insectenforme aus dem Todtliegenden,' 

 by Dr. Anton Dohrn ; by the Author. 'Steltiner Entomologische Zeitung,' 1866, 

 Parts 7—12 ; by the Entomological Society of Stettin. 'The Zoologist,' for October 

 and November; by the Editor. 'The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine,' for 

 October and November; by the Editors. 



Election of Member. 



Colonel Henry Scott, R E., Sec. R.H.S., of Ealing, was ballolled for, and elected 

 a Member. 



