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perhaps be found in Fungi ; the Talaeporise larvae are now in their eases, feeding on 

 grass (?), lichens, &c. ; and the larvae of Tinea masculella, and other allied species, 

 may be found in their cases among the fallen leaves, in woods : the imago of Mi- 

 cropteryx purpurella appears towards the close of the month, frequenting birch trees : 

 Plutella fissella, and Depressaria applana, characterella, arenella, liturella, Heracle- 

 ana, Sec, all hybernating, will occasionally be met with ; several of the Gracilariae 

 also hybernate : the pupae of the various Lithocolletes are to be found in dead leaves. 

 — H. T. Stainton. 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society. 



Monthly General Meeting, January 3, 1850. — W. Spence, Esq., F.R.S., in the 

 chair. 



The Lord Bishop of Oxford, E. W. H. Holdsworth and T. Paine, Esqrs., were 

 proposed as candidates for the Fellowship. 



[The Council issued an address to the Members, from which the following pas- 

 sages are extracted.] 



" The number of visitors admitted to the gardens during the year 1849 was 

 168,895; presenting an increase, as compared with 1848, of 25,265; and as compared 

 with 1847, of 75,349. 



" The income of the Society has increased in a commensurate degree, having 

 been for 



1847 £7765 15 6 



1848 £8165 1 3 



1849 £8771 9 8 



" The collection of living animals has been augmented by additions of great im- 

 portance and value, including sixty-five species which had not been previously exhi- 

 bited; and, notwithstanding the reduction of duplicates which has been effected 

 wherever it appeared advisable, the total number in possession of the Society on the 

 31st of December amounted to 1352, namely, 



Mammalia 354 



Birds 853 



Reptiles 145 



presenting a numerical increase of 180 individuals as compared with the correspond- 

 ing date in 1848, and of 463 as compared with 1846. 



" The completion of the portion of the new aviary which was commenced in 1848, 

 the erection of a wing at the western end of the giraffe house, and the interior ar- 

 rangement of the reptile house, have supplied some important desiderata in the means 

 of conservation, and added largely to the scientific utility as well as to the attractive- 

 ness of the menagerie. 



" The Council have great pleasure in being able to announce, at this early period, 

 that they have already received advice of collections of various importance, which are 

 in progress of formation, or already shipped, from 



Singapore by Capt. the Hon. H. Keppel, R.N. 



Ceylon by A. Grant, Esq., M.D., and A. Grace, Esq., Deputy Queen's 



Advocate. 



