7'J8 The Zoologist—June, 1807. 



M'li/ 6, 1867. — Professor Wkstwood, Vice-President, in llie chair. 



Donations to the Library. 

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

 ' Proceedings of the Royal Society,' No. 81); presented by the Society. 'Proceedings 

 of the Holmesdale Natural History Club for the year 1865-66;' by the Club. ' List 

 of Coleoptera collected in the Mountains of Lycoming County,' ' List of Coleoptera 

 collected near Fort Whipple, Arizona, by Dr. Elliott Cones, in 1864-65,' 'Additions to 

 the Coleopterous Fauna of the United States, No. ],' and 'Revision of the Dasytini 

 of the United States;' by the Author, Dr. J. L. Lecoute. ' Muscardine,' and 'Revue 

 de SericicultureComparee,' for 186.3-61-65-66 (Nos. 1 — 9) ; by M. Guerin-Meneville. 

 ' Essai dune b'aune Monographique de i' Archipel Indo-Neerlandais, I. Monographic 

 des Scutellerides, II. Monographic des Peirides;' by the Author, M. S. C. Snellen 

 van Vollenhoven. 'Natural History of the Tineina,' vol. ix.; and 'The Tiueiua of 

 Syria and Asia Minor;' hy the Author, H. T. Stainton, Esq. ' A Monograph of the 

 British Psocidie ;' by the Author, R. McLachlan, Esq. ' Stettiner Entoinologische 

 Zeitung,' 1867, Nos. 4 — 6 ; by the Entomological Society of Stettin. ' The Zoologist' 

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

 Editors. W. S. Macleay, 'Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa;' Chenu, 

 'Encyclopedic d'Histoire Naturelle,' Coleopteres, vol. i.; Blanchard, Castelnau and 

 Brulle, 'Histoire Naturelle des Insectes;' Hentschius, 'Epitome Eutoinulogiffi 

 Systematica? secundum Fahricium ;' ' Prodroinus Lepidopterorum Biilannicorum,' by 

 a Fellow of the Liunean Society; Schtniedleins, ' Einleilung in die nahere Kenulnis 

 der Insectcnlehre ;' Panzer, ' Dcutschlands Insectenfaune oder Entomologisches 

 Taschenbuch fiir 17D5;' Nees von Esenbeck, ' Hymenopierorum Icbncumonihus 

 affinium Monographic;' Fuessly, 'Archives of Entomology ;' Humphreys, 'The 

 Genera and Species of British Butterllies;' presented hy J. W. Dunning. 



Election of Members. 

 J. Sidebotbam, Esq., of 19, George Street, Manchester, was elected a member. 

 M. S. C. Snellen van Vollenhoven, of Leyden, was elected a corresponding member. 



Exhibitions, §-c. 



Mr. S. Stevens exhibited a number of Australian Coleoptera, chiefly Carabidx, 

 selected from a collection sent hy M. Daniel, from the district of Cape York. 



Professor Westwood hail recently received from a correspondent in New South 

 Wales six or eight Cimicidie of the family Reduviida; (probably Bnicocephalua 

 tasmanicus, YVeslw., Tr. Enl. Soc. ii. 24), which were described as flying, or rather 

 dancing, in the air like midges, and which possessed a pleasant musk-like scent, which 

 communicated itself to the letter in which they were enclosed. 



Mr. Stainton exhibited cases of Coleophora lixella, the larva of which, when young, 

 was found to feed on Thymus serpyllum, but afterwards transferred itself to a species 

 of grass : cases were shown which were found on grass, but composed of portions of the 

 leaf or calyx of thyme. 



Mr. Stainton had intended to have also exhibited the larva of Hvponomeula 

 egregiella, but the specimen had, during the afternoon, begun to spin up in the box, 

 and was invisible: the larva had been previously found hy M. Mitliere, at Cannes, on 



