The Zoologist— June, 1874. 4043 



The Entomological Society of the Netherlands presented a Wl-executed 

 medal, struck m honour of Dr. S. C. Snellen von VoUenhoven on ht 

 re.^ent fro. the office of President, which he .J'^Z Ze^ 



Election of Members. 

 Go?; \y^f'^'V:' '^'''''f''' (Wtherto a Subscriber), and Herbert 

 Soc" ty '■' ' ' "'" ''''''''' ''' ^"^ ^1-^^^ ^^^-bers of the 



Exhibitions, Sc. 

 Mr. Butler exhibited an example of arrested development in a peacock 

 butterfly, bred from the chrysalis, caused by the tail of Z , 



become detached during the 'process of eme^ n thf ri t^X'^^^^"^ 

 completely developed, whilst the left wings Ld^^ot d v^l d aTSl X 



Mr. W. 0. Boyd exhibited specimens of Solenobia inconspicuella taken 

 in St. Leonard's Forest, and amongst them a specimen taken Zlt 

 time, of a remarkably pale colour, which mi^ht poss WvL / ,f '•'"'' 



but had a very d.fferent appearan'ce fromle orZX ""^''' 



Mr. Boyd also exhibited some leaves of the common comfrey (8y,npJn,ur. 

 officmae) gathered at Cheshunt, the under sides of which were foC^^f b" 

 completely covered with specimens of Brachycentrus subnubL I^^e L 

 appeared to be some hundreds of specimens closely packed to" her and 

 they were al dead or in a moribund state, when found. All wet said to 

 be males, but on close examination a single female specimen waldisc vld 

 amongst them. No explanation could be given as to the ohLTTr 

 congregating together. Mr. Stainton remarked tha there w'' I 



instances of a habit of congregating amongsf ii^ TJ^^^^^^^^ 

 unaccountable and as an instance he mentioned a fact known to aTb e^S 

 of Micro-Lepidoptera respecting the pupation of the greater number oft 

 Nepticul^, the W of which live solitary as leaf-mi,Ls; but if a numb r 

 of leaves, containing larv^, are collected and placed together in a box "s 

 found tliat the cocoons are constructed gregariously between certain W 

 without any apparent reason for the preference 

 Mr. Charles 0. Waterhouse read the following, note Iw T). t. 



i^misn liurmah. A specimen of the insect was exhibited and al.n h.. 

 iiostuchjdffi belonging to the genus Sinoxylon. 



withl"h?'"""^"'\P^'"'' ^" "^S^^^^'^ «"^ ^ft^rnoon, I was struck 

 ^^ th what appeared to be an injury done to one of the tree . the nam 



a dte . ; aTtlt"°; V '''^' ''' ^''''' ^^^^^ ^ blos^m Vp^en 

 al . r w ^ "'"^ '° ""'■ '^^' '^'•^"^h«« «f this particular tree 



a.e straight, grow upright, and are about half-au-inch to an'incht their 



