8922 Entomological Society. 
(loc. cit.) seems to lay great stress upon this peculiarity, which is, however, more con- 
spicuously exhibited in the well-known H. punctatissimus. The tibie in both sexes 
are widened at the apex, and in the male the posterior femora are also very wide, the 
apex being somewhat emarginate on its lower side, with the angle nearest the body 
dentate; in the male also the hinder tibie are rather strongly arched. H., Perrisii 
differs from H. punctatissimus, its nearest congener, as follows:—It is much larger, 
broader, rather flatter, much lighter in colour, with the head and thorax much more 
deeply punctured, and the elytra not so closely but much more coarsely punctured ; in 
the antenne the club is also larger, and the seventh joint is pitchy black, instead of rufo- 
testaceous. The hinder femora in the male of H. punctatissimus are also wider, the 
angle on the lower side of the apex being more acute, and the dentation more 
pronounced.— E.. C. Rye; 284, King’s Road, Chelsea. 
Locust in Scotland.—It may interest the readers of the ‘ Zoologist’ to know that a 
locust was caught lately on the estate of Balfour, near here: it is at present in the 
possession of a man in the Miltown of Balyonie.— Robert W. Leven ; Kennaway Burns, 
Windygates, September 28, 1863. 
Sirex Gigas at Warrington—On the 14th of August, on retiring for the night, I 
found on the window-blind in my bedroom a fine specimen of Sirex Gigas. It had 
evidently been attracted thither by the light, having entered the room by another 
window which happened to be open. In the week previous to this two fine specimens 
had been brought to Mr. Cooper at the Museum, one of which had been taken ina 
builder's yard, and the other in some houses erecting in the neighbourhood. Can any 
of your readers oblige me with any remarks on this species? Does it usually occur in 
similar localities? and, if so, under such circumstances as to induce one to conclude 
that it has been imported with the timber? Why should it be so unusually plentiful 
this season? All three of the above-mentioned specimens were females. Is the male 
less frequently met with?—W. Kendrick; Warrington, October 14, 1863. 
[I am not aware that Sirex Gigas was unusually numerous last year, nor do I see 
any reason for supposing it imported in timber, This species breeds very abundantly 
in some of our fir plantations, the larve causing great mischief, by burrowing in the 
solid timber.— Edward Newman.) 
Proceedings of Societies. 
Enromotocicat Soctery. 
January 4, 1864.—Freverick Smiru, Esq., President, in the chair. 
Donations to the Library. 
The following donations were announced, and thanks voted to the respective donors: 
— Sitzungsberichte der Konig]. bayer Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Miinnchen, 
1863, Heft 4; presented by the Akademie. Hewitson’s ‘ Exotic Butterflies,’ Part 49; 
by W. W. Saunders, Esq. ‘The Entomologist’s Annual’ for 1864; by the Editor. 
‘ The Zoologist’ for January; by the Editor. ‘The Intellectual Observer, No. 24; 
by the Publishers. ‘The Atheneum’ for December; by the Editor. ‘The Journal 
of the Society of Arts’ for December; by the Society. ‘The Reader’ for December ; 
by the Editor, 
