by the deep and close punctuation of the region of the head behind the eyes, and by 

 the green tint of the elytra. These characters, and the sinnple anterior tarsi in both 

 sexes, will also serve at once to distinguish it from P. seneus, Rossi. 



" This species has not hitherto been recorded as British. The specimen now exhi- 

 bited, the only one which I have seen, was taken, in the autumn of last year, near 

 London, by my friend Mr. Edwin Shepherd." 



Mr. Walker exhibited, on the part of Mr. F. Smith, some very small white pupa- 

 cases that were found attached to wasps' nests. These pupse are very finely striated, 

 and iheir size is so very minute that they might have been mistaken for eggs if Mr. 

 Smith had not discovered the skin of the larva inside. 



Mr. Walker also exhibited, from Mr. Smith, some larvae taken feeding on the 

 refuse of hornets' nests. 



Mr. Westwood considered them to be the larvae of an Anlhomyia, and probably of 

 A. canicularis. 



Mr. Stevens exhibited some beautiful Saturnise and other Lejjidoptera, sent from 

 Port Natal by M. Gueinzius; and some extraordinary Tineina from Bootan. 



Mr. Bond exhibited a specimen of Cidaria reticularia, W. F., one of three exam- 

 ples taken in the Lake District, in 1856, by Mr. T. H. Allis. The species had not 

 previously been recorded as an inhabitant of Britain. 



The Secretary read a paper by T. "V. WoUaston, Esq., intituled " On the Atlantic 

 Cossonides." 



March 4, 1861. 

 J. W. Douglas, Esq., President, in the chair. 



Donations. 



The following donations were announced, and thanks ordered to be presented to 

 the donors: — 'On some Oceanic Entomostraca collected by Captain To^nbee,' by 

 John Lubbock, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S. ; presented by the Author. ' The Journal of the 

 Royal Agricullural Society of England,' Vol. xxi. Part 2; by the Society. 'The 

 Journal of the Society of Arts' for February ; by the Society. ' The Athenaeum' for 

 February; by the Editor. The ' Zoologist' for March ; by the Editor. ' The Ento- 

 mologist's Weekly Intelligencer,' Nos. 227 to 230 inclusive ; by H. T. Stainlon, Esq. 

 ' Steltiner Enlomologische Zeitung,' Vol. xxii. Nos. 1 — 3; by the Entomological So- 

 ciety ol Stettin, 



Elections. 



George Sharp Saunders, Esq., of Hill Field, Reigate, was elected a Member of 

 the Society ; and Alfred Haward, Esq., of Gloucester Road, Croydon, was elected a 

 Subscriber to the Society. 



Exhibitions. 



Mr. Stainton exhibited two beautiful specimens of Xylina conformis, taken near 

 Cardiff, on ivy -blossoms, in October, 1859. The species had not hitherto been cap- 

 tui'ed in Britain. 



Dr. Wallace exhibited fine dark varieties of Hemerophila abruptaria, taken near 

 London; and a Lasiocampa bred from the larva found in the Isle of Wight, which he 



