1804 The Zoologist — August, 1869. 



as the birds Lad used in constructing tliem, the ejjgs hc'ing perfectly bidden under a 

 layer of dead leaves, so arranged as to present the appearance of having been acci- 

 dentally accumulated : the (juantity was considerable, enough to cover the eggs to the 

 depth of at least an inch. I regretted not being able to watch the birds in order to 

 ascertain the mode in which this covering is placed on the nest ; the time required by 

 the birds to make the arrangement; and how it is disposed of when she is setting. 

 No green materials were used in constructing these nests, as was the case in a very 

 beautiful nest of the coot close by, in which the inside was composed of dead rushes 

 (I think Typha latifolia), the outside having green leaves of the same plant plaited 

 amongst them — the whole structure, beautifully neat and compact, presenting a com- 

 plete contrast to the nest of the little grebe. On looking at these wet and dirty 

 structures one cannot help wondering how the necessary heat is maintained to bring 

 the eggs to maturity.— rAomas Southwell ; Norwich, May 29, 1869. 



PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



Entomological Society. 

 June 7, 1869.— H. W. Bates, Esq., President, in the chair. 



Additions to the Library. 



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

 • Proceedings of the Royal Society," No. 1 1 1 ; presented by the Society. ' Proceed- 

 ings of the Zoological Society,' 1868, Part 3; by the Society. ' Horae Socielatis 

 Entomologica; Rossica;,' Vol. vi.. No. 2; by the Society. ' Berliner Entomologische 

 Zeitschrifi, 1868, Parts 3,4,-1869, Parts 1,2; and ' Verzeichniss der Kafer Deutsch- 

 lands," von Dr. Kraalz ; by the Entomological Society of Berlin. ' Illustrations of 

 Diurnal Lepidoptora, Part IV., Lycasnida)'; by the Author, W. C. Ilewitson, E>-q. 

 H. de Saussure, ' Reise der Oest. Fregalte Novara, Hymenoplera ;' 'Eludes sur 

 quelques Orthopleres du Mnsee de Geneve ; ' ' Eludes sur I'Aile des Orihopteres ; ' 

 ' Orthopierum Species novas alii|Uot ;' ' Phasmidaruin novorum Species nonnulliE ; ' and 

 Prof. Yersin, 'Note sur la derniere Mue des Orihopteres;' ' Note sur les Mues du 

 Grillon champetre;' 'Note sur le Xiphidium brunucum;' presented by Sir John 

 Lubbock. ' The Zoologist,' for June; by the Editor. ' The Entomologist's Mouthly 

 Magazine,' for June; by the Editors. 



The following addition by purchase was also announced : — ' Recherches sur la Faune 

 de Madagascar : lusectes,' parS. C. Snellen van Vollenhoven et Baron Edm. de Selys 

 Longchamps. 



Exhibitions, ^-c. 



Mr. Druce exhibited a collectiori of butterflies from Borneo, containing several 

 novelties and rarities; amongst them a new Ornithoptera, a rare Charaxes, &c. 



Mr. Stainton exhibited two specimens of a new species of Tineina, bred from larvae 

 sent by M. Milliere, who found them at Cannes on Osiris alba. The bushy tufted 

 palpi of the insect resembled those of Anarsia, and its habit was to sit with its head 

 depressed as if resting on the palpi; the markings of the wings were like Zelleria or 

 Swammerdamia. Mr. Stainton had seen the moth at Vienna and in other Coniineutul 

 collections, but the discovery of its habits and transformations was due to M. Milliere, 

 who proposed to describe it under the name of Paradoxus (n. g.) Osiridellus._ 



