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Author. ' Pioceediugs of the Royal Society,' Vol. vii., No. 5 ; by the Society. 

 ' Journal ef the Society of Arts ' for August ; by the Society. The ' Literary Gazette ' 

 for August ; by the Editor. The ' Athenaeum ' for August ; by the Editor. ' Re- 

 sumen de las Actas de la Academia Real de Ciencias de Madrid, en el Ano Academico, 

 de 1847 a 1848 ;' Idem, 1848 a 1849 ; ' Estatutos de la Academia Real de Ciencias ;' 

 all by the Royal Academy of Sciences of Madrid. The ' Zoologist' for September; 

 by the Editor. ' Insecta Maderensia ; being an Account of the Insects of the Islands 

 of the Madeira Group,' by T. Vernon Wollaston, M.A., F.L.S. ; by the Author. 

 ' Bericht iiber die zur Bekanntraachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Konigl. Preuss. 

 Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin im Monat Juni, 1853,' by Dr. Schaum ; 

 ' Hemiptera and Orthoptera from Mozambique,' forming part of the work of Dr. 

 Peters ou that country, by Dr. Schaum ; both presented by the Author. 



Old Series of the Society's ' Transactions.' 



It was announced to the Meeting that, by a resolution of the Council, at the end 

 of the present year the stock of the old series of the Society's ' Transactions ' would 

 be made up into volumes ; and this notice was given that the Members might avail 

 themselves of the interval to complete their sets. 



Trade Museum of the Society of Arts. 



It was also announced that the Council had resolved to present to the " Trade 

 Museum" now forming by the Society of Arts such duplicate specimens of insects as 

 could be spared from the Society's collection, especially of those which are injurious or 

 beneficial to man, and a certain selection had been made ; but in order to make the 

 gift as comprehensive as possible, the Council requested the co-operatiou of the Mem- 

 bers, by their giving such further specimens from their own collections as they may 

 think proper. 



Exhibitions. 



Mr. S. Stevens, on the part of Mr, Evans, of Darley Abbey, exhibited a specimen 

 of a new British Noctua, of which several had recently been taken in North Wales. 

 Aroording to Herrich-Schaffer's figure and description, it appears to be the Spselotis 

 Valesiaca, And. 4' Boisd., but it does not agree with Freyer's figure of the species. 



Mr. Stevens also exhibited six specimens of Agrotis lunigera, likewise examples of 

 Spoelotis cataleuca, taken recently at the Isle of Wight. He also brought for exhibi- 

 tion a box of insects collected in the neighbourhood of Singapore by Mr. Wallace, 

 which contained many new and interesting species both in Lepidoptera and Coleoptera : 

 among the latter, the Lougicorns were very beautiful, and bore much the larger pro- 

 portion compared with the other families. 



Mr. Bond brought for exhibition specimens of Acidalia degeneraria from the Isle 

 of Portland ; Orthosia hyperborea from Perthshire, observing that this species had 

 hitherto been unique in the cabinet of Mr. Douglas ; Noctua tenebrosa, also from 

 Perthshire; and a specimen of Acosmetia caliginosa from the New Forest. 



Mr. Edward Sheppard exhibited a box of Coleopterous insects, captured in the 

 New Forest at the end of July and beginning of August, containing Phloiotrya rufi- 

 pes. Platypus cylindricus, Elater sanguineus, Triplax ajuea, Mycetocharus scapularis, 

 Triphyllus bifasciatus, Salpingus ruficoUis, and many others. 



