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Octoljci 1, 1855. 

 John Curtis, Esq., President, in the cbair. 



Donations. 



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

 donors: — 'Memoires de rAcaderaie Royale des Sciences, des Letlres et des Beaux- 

 Arts de Belgique,' Tomes xxviii. and xxix. ; ' Bulletins de rAcademie Royale des 

 Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique,' Tome xxi. Part 2, Tome xxii. 

 Part 1 ; ' Memoires Courouues et Memoires des Savants etrangers. Tome vi. Part 2 ; 

 'Notices Extraites de I'Annuaire de I'Observatoire Royale de Bruxelles pour 1855,' 

 par le directeur, M. A. Quetelet; ' Sur la Relation entre les Temperatures et la Duree 

 de la Vegetation des Plantes,' par M. A. Quetelet ; ' Annuaire de I'Academie Royale 

 des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux- Arts de Belgique, 1855;' 'Bibliographic 

 Academiqiie ou Liste des Ouvrages Publics par les Membres Correspondants et 

 Associes Residents;' by the Academie Royale des Sciences, &c., de Belgique. 

 'Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou,' Annee 1853, Parts 3 

 and 4; Annee 1854, Part I ; by the Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou. 

 ' Bibliotheca Historico-Naturalis Physico-Chemica et Mathematica, von Ernst A. 

 Zuchold,' Vienna, 4er. Jahrgang, 2 Heft, July bis December, 1854 ; by the Author. 

 'Proceedings of the Liverpool Literary and Philosophical Society during the Forty- 

 fourth Session, 1854 — 55,' No. ix. ; by the Society. ' The Journal of the Society of 

 Arts' for September ; by the Society. 'The Literary Gazette' for September; by the 

 Editor. ' Hewitsun's Exotic Butterflies,' Part 16 ; by W. W. Saunders, Esq. ' The 

 Zoologist ' for September and October ; by the Editor. ' The Natural-History Review,' 

 No. 7 ; by the Editor. 



Election of a Member. 

 James John Reading, Esq., Plymouth, was elected a Member of the Society. 



Exhibitions. 



Mr. F. Smith exhibited a fine collection of Coleoptera, made during September, at 

 Deal, including the following species : — 



Gymnaetron Beccabungae Phytonomus fasciculosus Chora gus Sheppardi 



Ceutorhynchus Resedae Otiorhynchus rugifrons Helops pallidus 



Acalles misellus Liraobius mixtus Hallica Modeeri 



„ Roboris Lixus bicolor Harpalus cordatus 



Sibinia primita Apion vernale Amara carta 

 Erirhinus scirrhosus „ Sedi. 



Also the following Hymenoptera, taken at the same time and place : — 



Pompilus rufipes Porapilus crassicornis Aetata stigma 



„ plumbea. Ammophila lutarea. 



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