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Mr. Stainton also exhibited a male example of Lasiooampa Quercus, received from 

 the Rev. F. O. Morris, having the antennae much shorter than usual ; they had not 

 however been subjected to microscopical examination. 



Mr. Bond exhibited examples of Lithosia caniola and Dianthoecia^eapsophila, 

 oaptured near Dublin by Mr. Barrett. The first-mentioned species was noticed as a 

 native of Britain for the first time by Mr. Henry Doubleday (Zool. 7407). 



Dr. Knaggs exhibited a Noctua, allied to Hadena protea, but evidently distinct 

 from any known British species, taken by Mr. Barrett near Dublin. He had been 

 unable to identify it with any species contained in the general collection at the British 

 Museum. 



Mr. Brettiugham exhibited a large box of Coleoptera from Assam. 



Professor Westwood exhibited two examples of a large Norlh-American species of 

 Sphex, from the Oxford Mifseum, the bodies and limbs of which he had lately noticed 

 to be covered with pollen masses. Instances of the adhesion of the anthers of flowers 

 to the heads of insects had been brought before the Society on former occasions, but he 

 had hitherto never seen any instance of the whole insect being covered with them. 



M. F. Walker communicated some notes on the habits of Lipara lucens, Chlorops 

 tarsata, Limnophora mediteroides, and their parasites, with descriptions of the 

 insects. 



October 7, 1861. 

 John Lubbock, Esq., Vice-President, in the chair. 



Donations. 



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

 donors: — ' Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, Vol. iv. Part 7 ; ' The 

 Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London, 1861,' 

 Part ii. ; presented by the Society. ' Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical 

 Society of Liverpool, during the Fifteenth Session, 1860-61,' No. xv.; by the Society. 

 'Proceedings of the Royal Society,' No. 45; by the Society. 'The Zoologist' for 

 October; by the Editor. ' Descripgao de dois Insectos Coleopteros nas Costas 

 orientaes do Oceano Indico, pelo Barao do Castello de Paiva, Professor de Botanico 

 na Academia Polytechnica do Porto;' by the Author. ' Smithsonian Contributions 

 to Knowledge,' Vol. xii. ; by the Smithsonian Institution. ' The Journal of the Society 

 of Arts' for September; by the Society. 'The AthensEum' for August; by the 

 Editor. ' Sitzungsbreichte der Konigl. bayer. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu 

 Miinchen ; ' by the Academy. ' The Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer,' Nos. 257 

 —260; by H. T. Stainton, Esq. 



