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by the flowers. It was suggested that this wood-boring bee might 

 have been introduced with the oraiige trees imported in such abun- 

 dance by the Crystal PaUice Company, but it is one by no means 

 unlikely to occur in England, since it is indigenous to the opposite 

 coast of France, and sometimes abounds there. In the vicinity of 

 Paris it is esteemed a common bee : its large size, unusual colour and 

 sonorous hum are sure to attract the notice of entomologists visiting 

 the beautiful gardens of that city. 



At the August meeting Dr. Power exhibited a specimen of Dinodes 

 Maillei of Dejean, taken by Mr. Arthur Adams, among moss, at 

 Gurnard Bay, in the Isle of Wight. Considerable discussion fol- 

 lowed as to the propriety of adding this Morean beetle to the British 

 list : every member who expressed an opinion doubted its claim to 

 be considered British, but all appeared to forget that moss is the most 

 improbable locality in which an accidentally imported insect could 

 possibly be found. 



At our January meeting Mr. Douglas exhibited a specimen of Cra- 

 tonychus castanipes of Paykul, one of the Elateridoe, which he had 

 found in a mass of Fungus : the species was previously unrecorded 

 as British. 



In this summary the more important papers are omitted, because 

 noticeable as published works, which we now proceed to consider. 



Hewitson's ' Exotic Buiterjlies.'' 



Mr. Hewitson's beautiful work on Exotic Butterflies is continued 

 with regularity ; four numbers have appeared during the year. In 

 this work there is a truthfulness of outline, an exquisite delicacy of 

 pencilling, a brilliancy and transparency of colouring, that has rarely 

 been equalled and probably never surpassed. The sequence of spe- 

 cies is irregular, but the species figured on each plate are of the same 

 genus, so that, in binding, the whole may be arranged systemalicallv. 

 During the past year the families Nymphalida3 and Heliconida? are 

 combined in each number : in Nymphalida? we have eleven species of 

 Catagramma, one of Agrias, and one of Nymphalis ; in Heliconidai 

 we have forty-nine species of Ilhomia and four of Mechanitis; in 

 Papilionida3, three of Papilio ; in Erycinida;, seven of Eurvgona. 



Walker's Museum Catalogues. 



Four Parts (III., IV., V. and VI.) of the Museum Catalogue of 

 Lepidoj)lcra Ileleroccra have been published during the year, all of 



