﻿220 IFebruary, 1870 



Professor Westwood, on behalf of the Rev. L. Jenyns, exhibited a species of 

 Aphodius said to be frequently vomited by the Hottentots. 



Mr. Miiller exhibited photographs of Abace parallelus and Clerus formicarius ; 

 the former being remarkable for its zig-zag striation ; the latter for its united 

 bands. 



Mr. Quaritch (present as a visitor) made some enquiries respecting a letter 

 addressed to him from a lady in Ireland whose library had been much damaged by 

 the " book-worm." A specimen exhibited as one of the culprits was Lepisma 

 saccharina, which had evidently been mistaken for the Anobium to which the 

 damage was really attributable. Professor Westwood said he had found the fumes 

 of benzine the most efficacious agent for destroying those pests. 



The Rev. A. E. Eaton communicated a paper " on some new British species 

 of Ephemeridce." 



Mr. Butler read " descriptions of six new species of Callidryas." 



Mr. Pascoe read " A revision of the genus Catasarcus" and exhibited numerous 

 species in illustration thereof. 



Mr. Crotch communicated a paper entitled " The genera of Coleoptera studied 

 chronologically (1735—1801)." 



Haggerston Entomological Society, December 3rd, 1869. — Mr. E. Barlow, 

 President, in the Chair. 



The half-yearly meeting of this Society took place on the above date. 



After the usual business was concluded the President called upon the Sec- 

 retary to read his half-yearly report, he accordingly did so, observing during the 

 course of his address that he was happy to inform the Members that the Society 

 was in a flourishing condition, having a balance in its favour ; that daring the 

 past six months 14 fresh Members had been elected ; and that the cabinet had been 

 enriched by kind donations from following gentlemen, namely, Messieurs Newman, 

 Cooper, W. Harper, Jonas, King, Gainsbury, and Lo rimer. Some beautiful varieties 

 of A. caja, A. cardamines, V. Atalanta, L. Altxis, H. leucophcearia, B. pilosaria, 

 A. betularia, C. ferrugata, and S. tilice had been exhibited at the weekly meetings. 

 As regarded the Society's Library, that had not been forgotten, several additions 

 having been made thereto, and a brother member, Mr. E. Newman, had presented the 

 Society with a copy of his British Moths, and had given each member a copy of his 

 Insect Hunters' Year Book for 1868. Amongst the many rare specimens of 

 British Lepidoptera exhibited by the various members during the past half-year 

 the following deserve special mention : Colias Hyale, Erebia Cassiope, Lycarna 

 Artaxerxes, Acherontia Atropos, Sphinx convohmli, Sesia chrysidijormis and ichneu- 

 moniformis, Lithosia aureola and helvola, Chelonia plantaginis, Bombyx castrensis, 

 Selenia illustraria, Psodos trepidaria, Fidonia carbonaria, Eupithecia pusillata, 

 Lobophora polycommata, Cidaria picata, Platypteryx hamula, Stauropus fagi, 

 Ptilophora plumigera, Notodonta dictceoides, and dodonosa, Cymatophora ridens, 

 Acronycta leporina, Cirrwdia xerampelina, Dianthcecia Barrettii, Dasypolia Templi, . 

 Cucullia chamomillce, Heliothis dipsacea, Anarta rnelanopa and cordigera, Plusia 

 interrogationis, Scoparia paralis (alpina), and Hypercallia Christiemana. In 

 conclusion, he congratulated the Members on the great success of the Society's 

 " Exhibition " which took place on the evenings of the 18th and 19th of November 

 last, several leading Entomologists having honored the Society by their attendance, 

 and the Society's Meeting Room being crowded each evening with Entomological 

 friends and visitors, many of the latter expressing the great pleasure they had 

 derived from an inspection of the many beautiful objects that had been submitted 

 to their notice. 



