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February 3, 1862. 

 Fhederick Smith, Esq., President, in the chair. 



The President thanked the Society for having selected him to fill the chair; and 

 nominated Messrs. Lubbock, Pascoe and W. Wilson Saunders to be his Vice- 

 Presidents. 



Donations. 



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

 the donors: — 'The Journal of Entomology,' No. 4; presented by the Proprietors. 

 ' The Aihen£eum ' for January ; by the Editor. ' The Journal of the Society of Arts' 

 for January; by the Editor. ' The Zoologist' for February; by the Editor. ' Sit- 

 zungsbeiichte der Konigl. Bayer. Akad. der Wissenschaften zu Miinchen,' 1861, 

 Heft v.; by the Academy. 



Exhibitions. 



Mr. Dunning suggested that the accuracy of the minutes would be increased, and 

 the value of the Society's 'Proceedings' materially enhanced, if each Member who 

 made exhibitions, or look part in the discussions or conversations thereupon, would 

 have the goodness to hand to the Secretary, either during or at the close of the 

 Meeting, or to transmit to him by post, a brief note containing the substance of his 

 communication to the Society, the names of insects referred to, and the authorities 

 for those names, references to authors quoted, and generally any facts narrated or 

 opinions expressed by the Member, which he thinks it desirable to have recorded. It 

 was scarcely advisable to trust more than necessary to the Secretary's memory or 

 power of rapid reporting; and Mr. Dunning thought that whilst the carrying the 

 above suggestion into effect would be a great convenience to the Secretary, it would 

 entail but slight inconvenience on each individual Member. 



Mr. Lubbock exhibited a magnified drawing of a singular Dipterous larva found 

 under logs of wood; he was unable to state to what family it belonged, but hoped to 

 breed the perfect insect. 



Professor Westwood, though at first inclined to consider it the larva of one of the 

 Muscidce, thought it most probably referable to some species allied to Platypeza. 



Mr. Walker remembered having, some years ago, found flat larvce adhering closely 

 to damp wood, and somewhat resembling that represented in Mr. Lubbock's figure: 

 he agreed with Professor Westwood that the larva did not belong to the Muscidse. 



Mr. Stainton exhibited a living pupa of the Lepidopterous genus Micropleryx, and 

 a highly-magnified coloured drawing of the same, and read the following notes 

 thereon : — 



" The wing-cases, legs and antennae are perfectly free from the body, the abdomen 

 being able to move away from them to a considerable extent. 



" The abdomen of the pupa I examined was in almost constant motion, both to 

 and from the wing-cases, and with slight lateral motion. 



" Neither the wing-cases nor the legs appear to have any individual power of 

 motion, but the end of the abdomen would frequently move the ends of the legs by 

 knocking asrainst them. 



