PKOCEEDINGS 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, 



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February 6, 1854. 



E. Newman, Esq., President, in the chair. 



Do)iations. 

 The following donations were announced, and thanks ordered to be given to the 

 donors: — ' Bulletin de FAcadeinie Eoyale des Sciences, des Lettres el des Beaux- 

 Arts de Belgique,' Tome xx. Parts 1 and 2 : ' Memoires Couronnes,' Tome v. Part 2, 

 Tome vi. Part 1 : ' Instructions pour I'Observation des Phenomenes Periodiques ' : 

 ' Memoires de I'Academie Eoyale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de 

 Belgique ' : all presented by the Academy. The ' Zoologist ' for February ; by the 

 Editor. 'Monographic des Guepes Sociales,' par H. de Saussure, Cahiers 1, 2, and 3 ; 

 presented by the Author. The ' AlhenfEum ' for January; by the Editor. The 

 ' Literary Gazette' for January ; by the Editor. The 'Journal of the Society of 

 Arts' for January; by the Society. A box of British Lepidoptera, by P. H. 

 Vaughau, Esq. 



Nomination of Vice-Preaidcnts. 

 The President nominated as Vice-Presidents for the year W. W. Saunders, Esq., 

 F. Smith, Esq., and H. T. Stainton, Esq. 



Prize Essai/ for 1854 and 1855. 

 It was announced that the Council, on behalf of the Society, renewed for this 

 year the offer of a prize of £5 5.«. for the best Essay on the Natural History of the 

 Cocci injurious to British fruit-trees, especially of the "mussel-scale blight'' of 

 the apple, considering that the short notice given last year may not have allowed time 

 for the preparation of such a paper. And the Council also now gave notice that they 

 would award a similar prize for the best Essay on the Natural History of the Coccus 

 which produces the lac-dye of commerce, which should be delivered to the Society on 

 or before the 31st of December, 1855 ; and it was stated, as an encouragement, that 



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