Entomological Society. 2745 



Proceedings of the Entomological Society. 



January 28, I860 {Anniversary Meeting). — G. R. Waterhouse, Esq., President, 

 in the chair. 



The Auditor's Report of the Treasurer's Account was read, from which it appeared 

 that the Society was now in a much better financial condition than at the correspond- 

 ing period of last year. 



Messrs. W. S. Dallas, E. W. Janson, J. F. Parry and J. 0. Westwood, were 

 elected members of the Council in the room of Messrs. W. F. Evans, J. Walton, J. 

 J. Weir and the late Mr. E. Doubleday ; and the following were elected to the 

 respective offices for 1850: G. R. Waterhouse, Esq., President; W. Yarrell, Esq., 

 Treasurer ; and Messrs. J. W. Douglas and H. T. Stainton, Secretaries. 



The President then delivered an address on the state and prospects of the Society, 

 for which a vote of thanks was passed, and he was requested to allow it to be printed. 

 Votes of thanks were then passed to the Treasurer, Secretary, and retiring members 

 of the Council. 



The Secretary announced that part 2 of vol. v. of the Society's Transactions, con- 

 taining, among other matter, a general index to the five volumes, and completing 

 vol. v., was on the table. 



February 4, 1850. — G. R. Waterhouse, Esq., President, in the chair. 



The President appointed as Vice-Presidents for the ensuing year, Messrs. Spence, 

 Stephens and Westwood. 



The following donations were announced, and thanks ordered to be given to the 

 respective donors : ' A Synonymic List of British Lepidoptera,' by Henry Doubleday, 

 and the 'Zoologist' for January and February; presented by E. Newman, Esq. 

 ' Memoires de l'Academie Royale de Belgique,' tome xxiii. ; ' Bulletins de l'Academie 

 Royale de Belgique,' tome xv. 2me partie, et tome xvi. Ire partie ; ' Annuaire de 

 l'Academie Royale de Belgique,' tome xvi. Ire partie ; ' Memoire de Fertilisation des 

 Landes de la Campine et des Dunes,' par A. Eenens ; ' Observations des Phenomenes 

 Periodiques ; ' all presented by the Academy. Two Almanacs of the Art Union of 

 London ; presented by the Art Union. ' Literary and Scientific Register and Alma- 

 nac for 1850;' presented by J. W. G. Gutch, Esq., the author. ' Descriptions and 

 Figures of some New Lepidoptera from Nepaul;' by G. R. Gray, Esq., F.L.S. 

 ' Notice Biographique sur M. C. J. Schonherr,' par M. le Comte Mannerheim ; pre- 

 sented by the author. ' Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society,' vol. x. part 2 ; by 

 the Society. ' The Athenaeum ' for September, October, November and December, 

 1849 ; by the Editor. A collection of British Lepidoptera ; presented by Mr. Bond. 



Mr. Weir brought for exhibition a box of Micro-Lepidoptera, showing his method 

 of mounting whole series of a species on pieces of cork of an oblong shape. 



Mr. Douglas exhibited a new species of Tortrix, allied to Stigmonota redimitana 

 Guenee, which he proposed to call Weirana, in honour of the indefatigable Lepidop- 

 terist (he wished he could have said Lepidopterologist) of that name : he also exhi- 

 bited two specimens of a new British Tinea, the Cosmopteryx Pinicolella of Zeller 

 which he had taken from fir trees^ at Wickham and Mickleham, at the end of June. 



Mr. S. Stevens exhibited a veiy fine specimen of Eurycantha horrida from the 

 South Seas-, he also exhibited some beautiful new Lepidoptera, which he had 



