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November (5, 1854. 



Edward Newman, Esq., Prnsident, in the chair. 



Donations. 



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

 donors:— 'Entomologische Zeituug,'J Illy to October; by the Entomological Society 

 of Stettin. 'Revue et Magasiu de Zoologie,' 1854, No. 9 ; par M. F. E. Guevin 

 Meneville ; by the Editor. 'Journal of the Society of Arts ' for October ; by the So- 

 ciety. The 'Athenaeum' for October ; by the Editor. The 'Literary Gazette' for 

 October; by the Editor. The 'Zoologist' for November; by the Editor. 'Smith- 

 sonian Contributions to Knowledge,' vol. vi. ; ' Seventh Annual Report of the Board 

 of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution for 1852;' 'Directions for Collectino-, 

 Preserving, and Transporting Specimens of Natural History,' 2nd Edition ; ' Regis- 

 try of Periodical Phenomena,' one sheet; 'Catalogue of the Described Coleoptera of 

 the United States,' by Friedrick Ernst Melsheimer, M.D., revised by S. S. Haldeman 

 and J. L. Le Conte, 1 Vol. 1853 (6 copies); ' List of Foreign Institutions in Cor- 

 respondence with the Smithsonian Institution ;' ' Natural History of the Red River 

 of Louisiana;' (reprinted from the Report of Ca])tain R. B. Marcy) ; all by the 

 Smithsonian Institution, Washington, U. S. ' Boston Journal of Natural History,' 

 vol. vi. No. .3 ; ' Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History,' pp. 225 to 

 384, November, 1852, to April, 1854 ; both by the Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. ' Proceed- 

 ings of the Royal Society,' vol. vi. No. 102 ; ' Philosophical Transactions of the Royal 

 Society,' Vol. cxliii. Part 3, Vol. cxliv, Pait 1 ; ' List of the Royal Society, 30th No- 

 vember, 1853 ;' all by the Royal Society. Plutella annulatella (2) and Tinea ochra- 

 ceella (2) ; by George Wailes, Esq. A box of Scotch Lepidoptera and Coleoptera ; 

 by Mr. Fox croft. 



Election of a Member. 



Professor Edward Solly, F.R.S., F.L.S., Ike, was ballotted for and elected a Mem- 

 ber of the Society. 



E.vhibitions. 



Mr. Stevens exhibited a new British beetle, Otiorhynchus septentrionis, //eri.?/, a 

 single specimen taken by Mr. Foxcroft at Rannoch. He also exhibited some insects 

 sent from Port Natal by Mr. Plant, including the rare Goliathus Derbyanus and 

 TefBus Delargorguei ; also two living examples of an Tulus which were imported in a 

 case of plants, and had been in his possession more than a fortnight. 



Mr. Salt sent for exhibition a fly presented to him by a medical friend, who wrote 

 concerning it "It was apparently blown out through the nostril by a gentleman who 

 had long had pain in the face, and discharge of pus from the nose and throat. It is 

 supposed to have been lodged in the 'antrum of Highmore,' a cavern that exists na- 

 turally in the bones of the face.'' It appeared to be Phora urbana. Mr. Westwood 

 said he had reared species of this genus of fly from wool and animal rejectamenta, 

 such as old crab-shells. Mr. Walker had reared them from Fungi, and Mr. Curtis 

 from the body of one of the Sphingidffi. 



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