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Mr. Stevens said he once caught one flying in a room at the Bull Inn, Birch Wood, 

 attracted, he thought, by a light burning therein. 



The following memoirs were read : — 



Neio Species of Saccophora, ^c. 



" Description of a New Species of Saccophora, found in the valley of the Amazon 

 by Mr. Bales, and proposed to be named in honour of him, Saccophora Batesii.'' 

 By Edward Newman, Esq., F.L.S., &c.. President. This paper contained a re- 

 ference to the only other known species of the genus described by Dr. Harris, under 

 the name of Me]sheimeri,and critical observations on both species, the larvas of which, 

 in their sack-like coverings and general habit, so much resemble the Psychids, while 

 in their perfect state they appear to belong to the true Bombycidae. 



Mr. Westvvood thought that these insects well showed that because the larva; of 

 different species resembled each other in form and habit, the perfect insects were not 

 necessarily of the same genus or family ; for here was an insect whose larva was a 

 case-bearer, like the Psychidae, yet the imago was winged in both sexes, the female 

 especially (and this sex was always more normal than the male), showing an alliance to 

 Odonestis ; and further, he considered that M. Bruand and other French entomolo- 

 gists were in error, in associating Talaeporia and such case-bearing Tinese with 

 the Psychidae. 



" Descriptions of some New Species of Lucanidse, taken in the North of China, by 

 Mr. R. Fortune : " by W. W. Saunders, Esq., F.L.S., kc. 



"Descriptions of the Lavvas of some Coleopterous Insects:" by John Curtis, 

 Esq., F.L.S., &c. 



All these papers were illustrated by drawings of the several subjects. 



A new part of the ' Transactions,' completing Vol. ii., New Series, was announced 

 as readv. 



May 1, 1854. 

 H. T. Stainton, Esq., Vice-President, in the chair. 



Donations. 



The following donations were annoum;ed, and thanks ordered to be given to the 

 donors: — The 'Zoologist' for May; by ihcj Editor. The ' Athentrum' for April; by 

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

 Society of Arts ' for April ; by tiie Editor. The ' Proceedings of the Royal Society,' 

 Vol. vii. No. 1 ; by the Society. The ' Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical 

 Society of Liverpool,' No. vii. ; by the Society. ' Revue et Magasin de Zoologie,' 

 1854, No. 5 ; by the Editor, M. Guerin-Mene^'lle. ' Genera des Coleoptere« d'Eu- 

 rope,' par MM. Du Val et Migneaux, pties. 1 et 2 ; by the Authors. 



