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Editor, Ernst A. Zucliold. ' The Entomologist's Annual' for 1862 ; by the Editor, 

 H. T. Stainton, Esq. ' 



Election of a Subscriber. 



W. S. M. D'Uiban, Esq., of Newport House, near Exeter, was balloted for, and 

 elected a Subscriber to the Society. 



JExhibitions. 



Mr. Smith exhibited a mutilated specimen of Myrmedonia Haworthi, captured by 

 Mr. Bouchard, near Sutlon, Surrey ; and a singular nest of a bee of the genus 

 Anthidiura, brought from the Cape of Good Hope by Mr. D'Urban ; this nest was 

 formed of the fibres from the stems of plants, and might be mistaken for a spider's 

 nest, from its external appearance; in the interior Mr. S. found the parasite of the 

 bee, a species of Leucospis, believed to be L. ornata. 



Mr. Smith also exhibited spines of a species of Acacia, also brought from the 

 Cape of Good Hope by Mr. D'Urban ; the interior of these formidable spines, being 

 hollow, is frequently found occupied by the nest of a bee of the genus Hylseus. Mr. 

 Smith believed this genus of bees constructs no cells of any kind ; the pupae is merely 

 enclosed in a very slight web ; and on opening these spines, the eggs, larvae, and per- 

 fect bees were found mixed indiscriminately together. 



Mr. Waterhouse stated that he had recently detected, in the collection of Dr. 

 Power, specimens of Gyrophaena pulchella, a species not hitherto recorded as a native 

 of Britain. 



Mr. Bond exhibited a sample of compressed peat, cut in thin slices, which had 

 lately been introduced in Germany as a substitute for cork for lining entomo- 

 logical boxes and drawers ; the total absence of holes and hard veins, which are occa- 

 sionally found even in the best cork, make it well adapted for the above purpose, 

 especially when fine pins are employed, whilst the cost is said to be less than that of 

 cork. 



Dr. Knaggs exhibited some cases of species of Psychidse, containing living 

 pupae, which he had lately received from Mr. James Carrighan, of Arrarat, Victoria. 



Professor Westwood observed that the Australian species of Psychidae had, at the 

 request of W. W. Saunders, Esq., been observed with great care by Mr. Stephenson, 

 and the specimens collected by that gentleman having been placed in his (Professor 

 Westwood's) hands, he had illustrated them in a memoir published in the ' Pro- 

 ceedings of the Zoological Society :' the largest of these species had been described by 

 Mr. Saumlers himself in the ' Transactions of the Entomological Society,' Vol. v. 

 (1847) p. 43, under the name of Oikeiicus elongalus, which he, (Professor W.) had 

 changed to Oiketicus Saundersii, in order to keep up uniformity in the specific no- 

 menclature of the genus. It forms a tough leathery case, several inches long, to the 

 outside of which long twigs are attached longitudinally. One case, exhibited by Dr. 

 Knaggs, had not been described by Professor Westwood, although known to him, in 

 consequence of the moth not having been reared : the case of this species is a leathery 

 oval one, with sharp longitudinal ribs of the same material, without any extraneous 

 materials fastened on the outside. 



Mr. Dunning exhibited an admirably-executed photograph of a dark variety of 

 Abraxas grossulariata, and read an extract from the ' Proceedings of the Northern 

 Entomological Society ' of December last, which referred to the production of it ; Mr. 



