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cousidered, therefore, that the development of the queen-bee must be explained on 

 the same principle as that which is adopted in those other social insects, and not that 

 a special sjstem, namely, thai of heat, is required for the queen of the liive alone. 



Mr. Tegetmeier observed that, in bringing the theory of Principal Leitch under ihe 

 notice of the Society, he did not wish it to be understood that he considered the evi- 

 dence advanced in its favour to be conclusive, still he could not but think that the iso- 

 lated position of the queen-cell very much favoured the supposition that increased 

 beat is at least one of the causes of the perfect development of the female bee ; whilst 

 the royal jelly theory does not offer the slightest explanation of this extraordinary 

 deviation in structure and position from the ordinary or worker cells. 



Mr. Stainton read, " Descriptions of Nine New Exotic Species of Gracillaria," 

 and exhibited a beautiful coloured plate with which he proposed to illustrate the paper 

 in the Society's 'Transactions :' five of these species were collected near Calcutta by 

 Mr. Atkinson, and the remaining four were sent from Moreton Bay by Mr. Diggles. 



Mr. M'L^chlan read " Characters of New Species of Exotic Trichoptera, and of 

 four New Species Inhabiting Britain." 



Anniversary Meeting, January 28, 1862. 

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



Messrs. R. H. Mitford, F. P. Pascoe, F. Smith and Alexander Wallace were elected 

 Members of the Council, in the room of Messrs. Douglas, Janson, M'Lachlan and 

 Stainton. 



Mr. F. Smith was elected President; Mr. S. Stevens, Treasurer; and Messrs. E. 

 Shepherd and Dunning, Secretaries. 



A Report from the Council on the state of the Library and Collections was read 

 and received. 



An abstract of the Treasurer's accounts was read by Mr. M'Lachlan, one of the 

 Auditors, and showed a balance in favour of the Society of £122 6s. 4d. 



The President delivered an Address on the state and prospects of the Society and 

 of Entomology in general; the Meeting passed a vote of thanks to the President for 

 his Address, and ordered it to be published in the 'Proceedings' of the Society. 



A vole of thanks to the President for the courteous and able manner in which he 

 had fulfilled ihe duties of his position during the two years that he had occupied ihe 

 Presidential Chair; to Mr. Janson, the retiring Secretary; and to the other retiring 

 Members of the Council, was also unanimously agreed to by the Meeting. 



