3840 The Zoologist — January, 1874. 



"scouring" ia the gravel of the Avon durhig the winter preparatory to 

 depositing their ova ; and as the year advanced I have seen numbers of the 

 pretty little fr^', and it has often struck me that if the parent fishes live 

 upon other members of the finny tribes during their sojourn in fresh water, 

 their depredations must be considerable. Insect fare is, I imagine, a portion 

 at least of their means of sustenance when in fresh water, when such food is 

 obtainable; and certahi it is that the angler takes advantage of this weakness, 

 and often deceives the unwary fish by his adaptation of silk, feathers, &c., 

 iu the formation of an artificial fly, if the success attending the use of the 

 " Christchurch charmer" iu the Avon is to be taken as an example. — O. B. 

 Corhin. 



Proceedings of the Eutoiuological Society. 



November 17, 1873.— Prof. Westwood, M.A., F.L.S., President, iu the 

 chair. 



This being the first Meeting of the Session, the President adverted to 

 the recent vote of the Council of the Linuean Society, by which they kindly 

 granted the use of their meeting-room to the Members of this Society during 

 the present Session. It was resolved that the thanks of the Members be 

 conveyed to the Council of the Linneau Society. 



Donations to the Library. 



The following donations were announced, and thanks voted to the 



donors : — ' The Transactions of the Linneau Society of London,' vol. xxviii. 



pt. 3 ; vol. xxix. pt. 2 ; Proceedings, Session 1872 — 73 ; presented by the 



Society. 'Memoires de la Societe de Physique et d'Histoire Naturcllc 



de Geneve,' t. xxii. and xxiii. pt. 1 ; by the Society. ' Annales de la 



Societe Linneenne de Lyon, Annuo 1872;' by the Society. 'AnnaU del 



Museo civico di Storia naturale di Geneva publicati per curu di Giacomo 



Doria,' tome i. — iii. ; by the Museum. ' Proceedings of the Royal Society,' 



nos. 145 and 140; by the Society. 'BuUetino della Societa Entomologica 



Italiana,' t. v. trim. 2 and 3 ; by the Society. ' Bullettin de la Societe 



Impuriale des Naturalistes de JMoscou, Annee 1873,' No. 1 ; by the Society. 



' The Journal of the Quekett Microscopical Club,' No. 24 ; by the Club. 



' Coleopterologische Hefte,' pt. xi. ; by the Editor, Baron E. v. Harold. 



• Cistula Entomologica,' pars vii. ; by E. W. Janson. ' The Canadian 



Entomologist,' vol. v, nos. 0—9; by the Editor. 'The Entomologist's 



Monthly Magazine' for August — November; by the Editors. 'The 



Zoologist' and 'Newman's Entomologist' for August — November; by the 



Editor. ' L'Abeille, 1873,' livr. 7 — 11 ; by the Editor. ' Iconographie et 



Description do Chenilles et Lepidopteres inedits,' par P. Milliere, tome iii. 



